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USGS usp0006bxg

2 May 1994, 18:14

298 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 15.1 km depth.

Depth15.1 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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-1.116000, 97.487000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0006bxg
Coordinates
-1.116, 97.487
Network
us
Significance
572