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USGS us2000hiv7

23 Sept 2018, 04:09

124 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 124 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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0.444100, 126.319600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000hiv7
Coordinates
0.4441, 126.3196
Network
us
Significance
432