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USGS usp000h9vc

22 Mar 2010, 19:58

9 km SSW of Bangui, Philippines

A magnitude 5.9 mwb earthquake at 32 km depth.

Depth32 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 SSW of Bangui, Philippines?

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18.451000, 120.742000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h9vc
Coordinates
18.451, 120.742
Network
us
Significance
559