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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 69 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia


Earthquake location 5.4554S, 94.7104WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.7104 East, latitude 5.4554 North, depth = 73.061 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/25 / 2025-03-07 12:42:49 / March 7, 2025 @ 12:42 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxef. Id of event: us6000pxef. The epicenter was at a depth of 73.061 km (45 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:42:49 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabang, Banda Aceh. Nearby country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Banda Aceh (c. 250 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sabang (c. 24 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.7104° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 5.4554° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km W of Banda Aceh, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-07 12:42:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-07 13:02:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 449 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 90 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.238 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pxef Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxef An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxef, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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