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USGS us10006qas

17 Sept 2016, 02:20

52 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 9 km depth.

Depth9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 52 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia?

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-2.082900, 140.571800

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M 6.04

52 km NNE of Jayapura, Indonesia

M 6.1

202 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006qas
Coordinates
-2.0829, 140.5718
Network
us
Significance
554