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USGS usp000gskf

14 Jan 2009, 11:09

78 km N of Bima, Indonesia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 38.4 km depth.

Depth38.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 78 km N of Bima, Indonesia?

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-7.748000, 118.687000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gskf
Coordinates
-7.748, 118.687
Network
us
Significance
385