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USGS us70004na1

18 Jul 2019, 18:17

Molucca Sea

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 23.4 km depth.

Depth23.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Molucca Sea?

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0.307800, 126.304100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70004na1
Coordinates
0.3078, 126.3041
Network
us
Significance
432