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USGS us20003nqr

24 Sept 2015, 16:53

28 km N of Sorong, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 18 km depth.

Depth18 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 28 km N of Sorong, Indonesia?

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-0.621200, 131.262200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003nqr
Coordinates
-0.6212, 131.2622
Network
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Significance
671