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USGS us20005cgz

25 Mar 2016, 19:49

216 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 112.2 km depth.

Depth112.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 June 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 216 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.982500, 130.827200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005cgz
Coordinates
-5.9825, 130.8272
Network
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Significance
385