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USGS usp000gz7f

13 Jul 2009, 21:28

53 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 37.2 km depth.

Depth37.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 53 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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24.093000, 122.116000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gz7f
Coordinates
24.093, 122.116
Network
us
Significance
392