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USGS us60008ggb
16 Mar 2020, 10:59
243 km SSW of Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 21.2 km depth.
Published location
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-1.196400, 126.450800
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Event ID
us60008ggb
Coordinates
-1.1964, 126.4508
Network
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Significance
385