Quakes

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake, depth 70 km, struck 80 km south of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, at 23:37 on October 26.

80 km S of Banda Aceh, Indonesia · USGS-US6000TZFG

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Listed in force

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Source and dates: USGS earthquakes at sea, M 5.5+ (FDSN event service) · USGS NEIC. Issued 2026-10-03 23:37Z. First collected 2026-10-04 00:18Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-04 00:18Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: 80 km S of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The parsed report position is 4.822, 95.243. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2026-10-03 23:37Z
status: Listed in force
self-cancels: 2026-10-06 23:37Z
authority: USGS NEIC
issued by: USGS NEIC
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 4.822, 95.243
nearest port: Lhokseumawe · 116 nm
source: USGS earthquakes at sea, M 5.5+ (FDSN event service) · first seen 2026-10-04 00:18Z

Original warning text

80 KM S OF BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
1. EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 5.6 (MB) IN 4.822N 095.243E, DEPTH 70 KM AT 032337Z OCT 26.
2. USGS EVENT US6000TZFG. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tzfg

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Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · earthquake & tsunami bulletins

155 within 180 nm since 1997 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

3 earthquake & tsunami bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 01:14Z; source collection times vary.

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