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USGS us2000jih8

15 Feb 2019, 16:20

45 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 81.3 km depth.

Depth81.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 May 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 45 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines?

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6.788500, 126.768400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000jih8
Coordinates
6.7885, 126.7684
Network
us
Significance
400