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USGS us6000iamw

14 Aug 2022, 03:47

157 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 October 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 157 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.797400, 126.385900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000iamw
Coordinates
1.7974, 126.3859
Network
us
Significance
500