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USGS usp000h8zz

9 Mar 2010, 06:00

9 km WSW of General MacArthur, Philippines

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 78.8 km depth.

Depth78.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 9 km WSW of General MacArthur, Philippines?

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11.230000, 125.458000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h8zz
Coordinates
11.23, 125.458
Network
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Significance
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