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USGS us7000kpuh

21 Aug 2023, 11:01

Flores Sea

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 515.4 km depth.

Depth515.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 October 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-7.413200, 120.488700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000kpuh
Coordinates
-7.4132, 120.4887
Network
us
Significance
416