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USGS usp000gq7s

9 Dec 2008, 05:33

71 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 78.9 km depth.

Depth78.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 71 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia?

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1.215000, 126.894000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gq7s
Coordinates
1.215, 126.894
Network
us
Significance
416