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USGS usp000bb6f

3 Sept 2002, 15:23

8 km N of Wawa, Philippines

A magnitude 5.8 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km N of Wawa, Philippines?

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13.536000, 120.754000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bb6f
Coordinates
13.536, 120.754
Network
us
Significance
518