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USGS usp000gzmz

26 Jul 2009, 07:10

61 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 7.7 km depth.

Depth7.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 61 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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23.427000, 121.506000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000gzmz

Coordinates

23.427, 121.506

Network

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Significance

395