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Puzzle #67 was 67 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia.

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How it scored

Magnitude
M5.1 — moderate class
Magnitude type
mb — body-wave magnitude
Depth
10.0 km — shallow
Region
Indonesia and the Sunda arc
Tsunami indicator
USGS tsunami indicator not set
Felt reports
No DYFI count reported
PAGER alert
No PAGER alert color reported
Tectonic plates
Australian Plate · Eurasian Plate · Philippine Sea Plate
Tectonic context
Subduction along the Sunda arc and interactions among several smaller blocks make Indonesia one of Earth’s most seismically active regions.

Also on the record

USGS reports magnitude M5.1. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
Moderate (M5.0–5.9)
The hypocentral depth is 10.0 km. Which depth band is it in?
Shallow (less than 70 km)
USGS locates the event at “67 km NE of Ruteng, Indonesia”. Which broad authored region matches?
Indonesia and the Sunda arc
What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
No — USGS did not set the event’s tsunami indicator; that is not a forecast.
Is this the largest earthquake in the supplied USGS week comparison?
No — at least one supplied week event has a higher magnitude.

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