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USGS usp000dfj7

5 Feb 2005, 13:54

137 km SW of Palimbang, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 570.1 km depth.

Depth570.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 137 km SW of Palimbang, Philippines?

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5.276000, 123.370000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dfj7
Coordinates
5.276, 123.37
Network
us
Significance
400