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USGS iscgem889944

22 Sept 1955, 04:25

76 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 6.6 mw earthquake at 45 km depth.

Depth45 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 76 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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24.025000, 122.353000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem889944

Coordinates

24.025, 122.353

Network

iscgem

Significance

672