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USGS usp000hqnh

8 Dec 2010, 06:47

6 km NW of San Luis, Philippines

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 53.1 km depth.

Depth53.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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7.481000, 126.505000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hqnh
Coordinates
7.481, 126.505
Network
us
Significance
549