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USGS us20004fur

9 Dec 2015, 12:39

118 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 24.3 km depth.

Depth24.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 March 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 118 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia?

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-4.063400, 129.710700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004fur
Coordinates
-4.0634, 129.7107
Network
us
Significance
432