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USGS usp000jfv8

6 Mar 2012, 11:36

24 km S of Pariaman, Indonesia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 101.8 km depth.

Depth101.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated24 March 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 24 km S of Pariaman, Indonesia?

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-0.836000, 100.160000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jfv8
Coordinates
-0.836, 100.16
Network
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Significance
420