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USGS us7000l77a

28 Oct 2023, 16:01

296 km N of Palu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 24.3 km depth.

Depth24.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated4 January 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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1.747400, 120.241100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000l77a
Coordinates
1.7474, 120.2411
Network
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Significance
449