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USGS usp000g01s

26 Feb 2008, 18:18

133 km W of Bengkulu, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 20 km depth.

Depth20 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 133 km W of Bengkulu, Indonesia?

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-3.852000, 101.067000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g01s
Coordinates
-3.852, 101.067
Network
us
Significance
536