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USGS us7000bjgb

8 Sept 2020, 01:45

193 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 172 km depth.

Depth172 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 193 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia?

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-4.871300, 129.754800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000bjgb
Coordinates
-4.8713, 129.7548
Network
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Significance
537