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USGS us200065ep

19 Jun 2016, 19:20

68 km WSW of Basco, Philippines

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 16 km depth.

Depth16 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 68 km WSW of Basco, Philippines?

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20.172600, 121.378200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200065ep
Coordinates
20.1726, 121.3782
Network
us
Significance
482