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USGS iscgemsup780358

16 Sept 1971, 07:22

236 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.9 mw earthquake at 129 km depth.

Depth129 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 January 2026Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 236 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.934000, 130.635000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup780358
Coordinates
-5.934, 130.635
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
730