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USGS usp000ht5t

15 Jan 2011, 12:56

277 km W of Tual, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.7 mwb earthquake at 198.8 km depth.

Depth198.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 277 km W of Tual, Indonesia?

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-5.650000, 130.252000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ht5t
Coordinates
-5.65, 130.252
Network
us
Significance
501