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USGS iscgem899539

11 Sept 1944, 11:45

139 km W of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.7 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 139 km W of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.032000, 126.150000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem899539
Coordinates
1.032, 126.15
Network
iscgem
Significance
695