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USGS usp000atrr

30 Nov 2001, 15:22

33 km S of Palu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 38.3 km depth.

Depth38.3 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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-1.203000, 119.922000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000atrr
Coordinates
-1.203, 119.922
Network
us
Significance
416