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USGS usp000hc5w

1 May 2010, 17:34

52 km S of Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 44.7 km depth.

Depth44.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 52 km S of Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia?

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-8.966000, 117.465000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hc5w
Coordinates
-8.966, 117.465
Network
us
Significance
400