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USGS iscgemsup825125

17 Mar 1968, 21:14

164 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 65 km depth.

Depth65 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 164 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia?

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3.204000, 128.182000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup825125
Coordinates
3.204, 128.182
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
572