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USGS us20008smm

17 Mar 2017, 06:59

130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 55.6 km depth.

Depth55.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 June 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 130 km W of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.013000, 126.233100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008smm
Coordinates
1.013, 126.2331
Network
us
Significance
400