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USGS us10006sb0

24 Sept 2016, 12:09

77 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 13.8 km depth.

Depth13.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km NNW of Jayapura, Indonesia?

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-1.849900, 140.560400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006sb0
Coordinates
-1.8499, 140.5604
Network
us
Significance
500