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USGS usp000a013

10 Sept 2000, 20:45

237 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.5 mb earthquake at 62.8 km depth.

Depth62.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 237 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.619000, 130.611000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a013
Coordinates
-5.619, 130.611
Network
us
Significance
465