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USGS usp000d4bk

15 Sept 2004, 20:45

3 km SSE of Sapu Padidu, Philippines

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 82.2 km depth.

Depth82.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km SSE of Sapu Padidu, Philippines?

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5.885000, 125.277000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000d4bk
Coordinates
5.885, 125.277
Network
us
Significance
465