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USGS us1000db31

29 Mar 2018, 21:58

44 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 27.1 km depth.

Depth27.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 June 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 44 km W of Sinabang, Indonesia?

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2.557400, 95.985100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000db31
Coordinates
2.5574, 95.9851
Network
us
Significance
385