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USGS iscgem903796

22 Aug 1936, 07:51

51 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan

A magnitude 7.1 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 51 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan?

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21.963000, 121.240000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem903796

Coordinates

21.963, 121.24

Network

iscgem

Significance

782