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USGS us6000bd7l

12 Aug 2020, 11:26

127 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 34.6 km depth.

Depth34.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 127 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.394300, 126.403100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000bd7l
Coordinates
1.3943, 126.4031
Network
us
Significance
400