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USGS usp000hnyj

3 Nov 2010, 05:11

97 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 36 km depth.

Depth36 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 97 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste?

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-7.601000, 126.532000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hnyj
Coordinates
-7.601, 126.532
Network
us
Significance
385