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USGS usp000esrb

9 Sept 2006, 05:13

143 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

A magnitude 6.3 mwb earthquake at 572 km depth.

Depth572 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 143 km N of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia?

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-7.219000, 120.106000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000esrb
Coordinates
-7.219, 120.106
Network
us
Significance
612