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USGS iscgem767168

9 Nov 1972, 18:41

10 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 24.1 km depth.

Depth24.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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23.903000, 121.548000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem767168

Coordinates

23.903, 121.548

Network

iscgem

Significance

572