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USGS usp0007u5k

9 Dec 1996, 03:54

82 km S of Banjar, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 50.9 km depth.

Depth50.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-7.936000, 107.489000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0007u5k
Coordinates
-7.936, 107.489
Network
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Significance
572