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USGS usp000azr0

5 Mar 2002, 21:48

10 km W of Palimbang, Philippines

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km W of Palimbang, Philippines?

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6.192000, 124.092000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000azr0
Coordinates
6.192, 124.092
Network
us
Significance
432