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USGS usp000am9q

12 Aug 2001, 04:26

299 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 299 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.969000, 130.074000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000am9q
Coordinates
-5.969, 130.074
Network
us
Significance
465