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USGS usp000f31f

20 Jan 2007, 02:45

257 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 139.2 km depth.

Depth139.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 257 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.525000, 130.435000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000f31f
Coordinates
-5.525, 130.435
Network
us
Significance
500