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USGS usp000gff8

25 Aug 2008, 03:43

5 km S of Hinundayan, Philippines

A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 27 km depth.

Depth27 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 5 km S of Hinundayan, Philippines?

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10.307000, 125.252000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gff8
Coordinates
10.307, 125.252
Network
us
Significance
518