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USGS us1000d19r

8 Mar 2018, 03:51

223 km E of Amahai, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 223 km E of Amahai, Indonesia?

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-3.342800, 130.933700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000d19r
Coordinates
-3.3428, 130.9337
Network
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Significance
483