In the first half of 2005, according to the USGS/NEIC on-line database there were two earthquakes with magnitudes 7.5 or more. These are -

Date and Time

Lat

Lon

Depth

Magnitudes (mb, MS)

Prediction

2005/03/28 16:09

2.085

97.108

30

7.2

8.4

Failure-to-predict

2005/06/13 22:44

-19.961

-69.114

115

6.8

(7.8 MWHRV)

Failure-to-predict


Both of them happened in the circles of investigation with no TIPs.

Formally, the first one is an aftershock of the 26 December 2004 mega-earthquake, although it ruptured the 400-km segment of the Sumatra trench next to the 26 December 2004 aftershock zone.


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