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USGS us10001nab

17 Mar 2015, 22:12

136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.2 mww earthquake at 44 km depth.

Depth44 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.668600, 126.521700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10001nab
Coordinates
1.6686, 126.5217
Network
us
Significance
592