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USGS us2000jjb5

17 Feb 2019, 20:36

28 km NNE of Basco, Philippines

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 169 km depth.

Depth169 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 May 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 28 km NNE of Basco, Philippines?

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20.667400, 122.116800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000jjb5
Coordinates
20.6674, 122.1168
Network
us
Significance
385