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USGS iscgem911174

27 Oct 1924, 19:57

3 km NNE of Rimpeso, Philippines

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 20 km depth.

Depth20 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km NNE of Rimpeso, Philippines?

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7.054000, 124.117000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem911174
Coordinates
7.054, 124.117
Network
iscgem
Significance
597