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USGS iscgem825405

26 Mar 1968, 01:42

191 km N of Gili Air, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 554.4 km depth.

Depth554.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 191 km N of Gili Air, Indonesia?

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-6.626000, 116.161000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem825405
Coordinates
-6.626, 116.161
Network
iscgem
Significance
572