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USGS us10005yp8

30 Jun 2016, 12:43

61 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 253.5 km depth.

Depth253.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 August 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 61 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia?

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0.499100, 123.617800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10005yp8
Coordinates
0.4991, 123.6178
Network
us
Significance
385