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USGS us10007ul9

21 Jan 2017, 06:30

273 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 118 km depth.

Depth118 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 April 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 273 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia?

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-6.119500, 130.334300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007ul9
Coordinates
-6.1195, 130.3343
Network
us
Significance
385