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USGS us1000hs1b

15 Nov 2018, 04:31

245 km W of Sabang, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 23.2 km depth.

Depth23.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated30 January 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 245 km W of Sabang, Indonesia?

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6.190000, 93.118500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000hs1b
Coordinates
6.19, 93.1185
Network
us
Significance
416