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USGS usp000eb3e

1 Mar 2006, 11:04

7 km NE of Paluan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 22.3 km depth.

Depth22.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km NE of Paluan, Philippines?

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13.459000, 120.515000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eb3e
Coordinates
13.459, 120.515
Network
us
Significance
534