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USGS us2000hdbf

12 Sept 2018, 08:27

163 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 42.9 km depth.

Depth42.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 163 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia?

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-5.275500, 102.387600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000hdbf
Coordinates
-5.2755, 102.3876
Network
us
Significance
400