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USGS us6000efq7

29 May 2021, 02:25

214 km N of Palu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 17.4 km depth.

Depth17.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

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1.019000, 120.084800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000efq7
Coordinates
1.019, 120.0848
Network
us
Significance
400