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USGS us20008s7z

15 Mar 2017, 01:38

108 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 62.6 km depth.

Depth62.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 June 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 108 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia?

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1.762900, 127.032700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008s7z
Coordinates
1.7629, 127.0327
Network
us
Significance
400