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USGS iscgem897262

24 Mar 1948, 06:19

29 km W of Labuan, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km W of Labuan, Indonesia?

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-6.382000, 105.559000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem897262
Coordinates
-6.382, 105.559
Network
iscgem
Significance
632