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USGS us6000isyg

12 Oct 2022, 09:50

159 km E of Nabire, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 51 km depth.

Depth51 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 December 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 159 km E of Nabire, Indonesia?

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-3.090300, 136.914300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000isyg
Coordinates
-3.0903, 136.9143
Network
us
Significance
400