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USGS usp000gzsq

29 Jul 2009, 17:53

30 km W of Hengchun, Taiwan

A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 11.1 km depth.

Depth11.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 30 km W of Hengchun, Taiwan?

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21.984000, 120.447000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gzsq
Coordinates
21.984, 120.447
Network
us
Significance
459