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USGS us10004fqa

19 Jan 2016, 22:04

70 km N of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 161 km depth.

Depth161 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 70 km N of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.426600, 127.340300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004fqa
Coordinates
1.4266, 127.3403
Network
us
Significance
385