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USGS us10001rmk

28 Mar 2015, 22:28

120 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 118 km depth.

Depth118 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 June 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 120 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia?

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0.400200, 121.989500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10001rmk
Coordinates
0.4002, 121.9895
Network
us
Significance
536