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USGS us20009ngf

18 Jun 2017, 17:17

255 km E of Amahai, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 12.8 km depth.

Depth12.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 255 km E of Amahai, Indonesia?

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-3.520200, 131.208900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20009ngf
Coordinates
-3.5202, 131.2089
Network
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Significance
416