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USGS usp000cgw1

2 Jan 2004, 16:58

29 km NNW of Dili, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 34.2 km depth.

Depth34.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km NNW of Dili, Timor Leste?

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-8.301000, 125.494000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cgw1
Coordinates
-8.301, 125.494
Network
us
Significance
449