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USGS usp000cu0e

2 May 2004, 15:08

72 km E of Waingapu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 26.8 km depth.

Depth26.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 72 km E of Waingapu, Indonesia?

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-9.682000, 120.924000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cu0e
Coordinates
-9.682, 120.924
Network
us
Significance
400