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USGS us600032iz

9 Apr 2019, 21:24

4 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 11.8 km depth.

Depth11.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated20 June 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 4 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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23.936200, 121.602000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us600032iz

Coordinates

23.9362, 121.602

Network

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Significance

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