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USGS usb000m8fx

26 Jan 2014, 17:57

2 km SW of Balanacan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 45.5 km depth.

Depth45.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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13.513200, 121.853400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000m8fx
Coordinates
13.5132, 121.8534
Network
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Significance
404