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USGS usb000fmmh

18 Mar 2013, 03:54

216 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 79.6 km depth.

Depth79.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 216 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia?

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-6.291000, 130.914000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000fmmh
Coordinates
-6.291, 130.914
Network
us
Significance
400