northwest of Australia

A magnitude 5.7 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 northwest of Australia?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

-13.967200, 121.864100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000dd2i

Coordinates

-13.9672, 121.8641

Network

Significance

500