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USGS us2000cjmg

15 Jan 2018, 06:31

68 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 237.7 km depth.

Depth237.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 68 km E of Gorontalo, Indonesia?

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0.438900, 123.668800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000cjmg
Coordinates
0.4389, 123.6688
Network
us
Significance
432