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USGS us10007ul1

21 Jan 2017, 05:16

123 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 46.9 km depth.

Depth46.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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2.826600, 128.208400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007ul1
Coordinates
2.8266, 128.2084
Network
us
Significance
482