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USGS usp000dxnv

19 Aug 2005, 16:48

102 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 36.4 km depth.

Depth36.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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2.646000, 128.143000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dxnv
Coordinates
2.646, 128.143
Network
us
Significance
449