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USGS usp000em0w

22 Jun 2006, 20:20

131 km WNW of Ambon, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 24.9 km depth.

Depth24.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 131 km WNW of Ambon, Indonesia?

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-3.035000, 127.196000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000em0w
Coordinates
-3.035, 127.196
Network
us
Significance
449