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USGS usp000bwpr

6 May 2003, 00:04

219 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.2 mwb earthquake at 56 km depth.

Depth56 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 219 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia?

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3.715000, 127.954000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bwpr
Coordinates
3.715, 127.954
Network
us
Significance
591