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USGS usp00057gu

17 May 1992, 10:49

9 km SE of Santiago, Philippines

A magnitude 7.1 mw earthquake at 32.8 km depth.

Depth32.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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7.239000, 126.645000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp00057gu
Coordinates
7.239, 126.645
Network
us
Significance
776