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USGS us7000dkbl

17 Mar 2021, 17:37

Arafura Sea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 May 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Arafura Sea?

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-8.492800, 134.947300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000dkbl
Coordinates
-8.4928, 134.9473
Network
us
Significance
385