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USGS usp000jh6g

3 Apr 2012, 12:26

170 km N of Dili, Timor Leste

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 472.8 km depth.

Depth472.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 170 km N of Dili, Timor Leste?

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-7.035000, 125.367000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jh6g
Coordinates
-7.035, 125.367
Network
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Significance
385