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USGS us7000i37c

28 Aug 2022, 23:34

Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 43 km depth.

Depth43 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-1.017300, 98.665200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000i37c
Coordinates
-1.0173, 98.6652
Network
us
Significance
500