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USGS us10004ec4

14 Jan 2016, 03:38

79 km E of Maumere, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 158.2 km depth.

Depth158.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated30 March 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 79 km E of Maumere, Indonesia?

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-8.599700, 122.930900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004ec4
Coordinates
-8.5997, 122.9309
Network
us
Significance
400