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USGS iscgem907611

24 Sept 1930, 13:06

117 km E of Union, Philippines

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 117 km E of Union, Philippines?

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9.699000, 127.177000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem907611

Coordinates

9.699, 127.177

Network

iscgem

Significance

558