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USGS usp00051rj

13 Jan 1992, 11:58

60 km N of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.1 mwb earthquake at 112.9 km depth.

Depth112.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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1.342000, 127.373000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp00051rj
Coordinates
1.342, 127.373
Network
us
Significance
572