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USGS us200082t3

20 Dec 2016, 10:21

230 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 39.8 km depth.

Depth39.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 230 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines?

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3.659000, 126.594100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200082t3
Coordinates
3.659, 126.5941
Network
us
Significance
385