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USGS usp000ay9n

12 Feb 2002, 03:27

29 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 54.8 km depth.

Depth54.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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23.716000, 121.560000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ay9n
Coordinates
23.716, 121.56
Network
us
Significance
500