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USGS usp000d8t5

20 Nov 2004, 02:32

224 km W of Ambon, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 21.8 km depth.

Depth21.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 224 km W of Ambon, Indonesia?

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-3.405000, 126.186000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000d8t5
Coordinates
-3.405, 126.186
Network
us
Significance
465