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USGS us10004fhf

19 Jan 2016, 02:02

56 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 16.5 km depth.

Depth16.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia?

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2.069900, 96.688200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004fhf
Coordinates
2.0699, 96.6882
Network
us
Significance
432