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USGS usp000ght8

27 Sept 2008, 04:10

20 km SW of Harrison, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km SW of Harrison, Philippines?

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13.342000, 120.277000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ght8
Coordinates
13.342, 120.277
Network
us
Significance
400