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USGS us20005huf

13 Apr 2016, 18:31

140 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 11.7 km depth.

Depth11.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 June 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 140 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.639900, 126.449300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005huf
Coordinates
1.6399, 126.4493
Network
us
Significance
432