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USGS us2000bsu1

22 Nov 2017, 14:20

23 km S of Lugu, Taiwan

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 16.5 km depth.

Depth16.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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23.537400, 120.735700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000bsu1
Coordinates
23.5374, 120.7357
Network
us
Significance
442