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USGS us20003fck

1 Sept 2015, 14:24

13 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 19.1 km depth.

Depth19.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 13 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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23.886500, 121.520500

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20003fck

Coordinates

23.8865, 121.5205

Network

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Significance

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