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USGS usp000apcg

17 Sept 2001, 23:44

31 km ENE of Yujing, Taiwan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 5 km depth.

Depth5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 31 km ENE of Yujing, Taiwan?

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23.202000, 120.760000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000apcg
Coordinates
23.202, 120.76
Network
us
Significance
385