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USGS usp0003sdm

27 Feb 1989, 23:39

63 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 53.7 km depth.

Depth53.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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2.301000, 128.009000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0003sdm
Coordinates
2.301, 128.009
Network
us
Significance
630