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USGS us6000kyzq

10 Aug 2023, 03:00

143 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 86.5 km depth.

Depth86.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 October 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 143 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.761000, 131.465100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000kyzq
Coordinates
-5.761, 131.4651
Network
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Significance
416