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USGS usp000enur

17 Jul 2006, 16:26

187 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 32.4 km depth.

Depth32.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 187 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia?

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-9.057000, 107.928000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000enur
Coordinates
-9.057, 107.928
Network
us
Significance
432