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USGS usp000er8y

18 Aug 2006, 21:30

130 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 56.5 km depth.

Depth56.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 130 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.505000, 126.455000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000er8y
Coordinates
1.505, 126.455
Network
us
Significance
385