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USGS us10003pnb

19 Oct 2015, 14:50

2 km W of Balitoc, Philippines

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 106 km depth.

Depth106 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km W of Balitoc, Philippines?

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13.865400, 120.617200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10003pnb
Coordinates
13.8654, 120.6172
Network
us
Significance
597