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USGS us1000h3sh

28 Sept 2018, 14:39

56 km S of Palu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 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 56 km S of Palu, Indonesia?

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-1.413600, 119.965500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000h3sh
Coordinates
-1.4136, 119.9655
Network
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Significance
416