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USGS us6000cd8a

26 Oct 2020, 08:26

168 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 99.9 km depth.

Depth99.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 168 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia?

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0.537300, 121.545200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000cd8a
Coordinates
0.5373, 121.5452
Network
us
Significance
400