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USGS usp000agks

14 Jun 2001, 03:35

39 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 32.1 km depth.

Depth32.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 39 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan?

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24.513000, 122.033000

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99 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000agks

Coordinates

24.513, 122.033

Network

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Significance

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