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USGS us10008jfy

21 Apr 2017, 05:00

155 km SSW of Padang, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 30.2 km depth.

Depth30.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 155 km SSW of Padang, Indonesia?

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-2.158200, 99.634200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10008jfy
Coordinates
-2.1582, 99.6342
Network
us
Significance
416