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USGS us10006fhu

21 Aug 2016, 01:42

268 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 268 km NNW of Tual, Indonesia?

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-3.600500, 131.418600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006fhu
Coordinates
-3.6005, 131.4186
Network
us
Significance
385