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USGS usp000gs7s

5 Jan 2009, 15:28

66 km W of Manokwari, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 29.9 km depth.

Depth29.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 66 km W of Manokwari, Indonesia?

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-0.763000, 133.475000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gs7s
Coordinates
-0.763, 133.475
Network
us
Significance
385