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USGS us1000h3r4

28 Sept 2018, 11:39

24 km N of Palu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 December 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 24 km N of Palu, Indonesia?

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-0.684700, 119.869700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000h3r4
Coordinates
-0.6847, 119.8697
Network
us
Significance
449