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USGS usp000gf7s

22 Aug 2008, 08:21

178 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 18.3 km depth.

Depth18.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 178 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia?

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-5.627000, 103.043000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gf7s
Coordinates
-5.627, 103.043
Network
us
Significance
416