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USGS us20004fma

8 Dec 2015, 18:35

26 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 March 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 26 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia?

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0.988400, 127.512300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004fma
Coordinates
0.9884, 127.5123
Network
us
Significance
385