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USGS usp000dfap

1 Feb 2005, 01:59

39 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 38.1 km depth.

Depth38.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 39 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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24.294000, 121.782000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000dfap

Coordinates

24.294, 121.782

Network

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Significance

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