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USGS us20007cds

6 Oct 2016, 20:09

11 km NNE of San Jose de Buan, Philippines

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 65.5 km depth.

Depth65.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 January 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 11 km NNE of San Jose de Buan, Philippines?

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12.151500, 125.056600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007cds
Coordinates
12.1515, 125.0566
Network
us
Significance
385