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USGS usp000esge

5 Sept 2006, 05:53

9 km SW of Taytayan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.8 mwb earthquake at 135.2 km depth.

Depth135.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 9 km SW of Taytayan, Philippines?

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7.678000, 126.433000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000esge
Coordinates
7.678, 126.433
Network
us
Significance
520