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USGS usp000jrrr

5 Sept 2012, 04:47

75 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 40.1 km depth.

Depth40.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 75 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan?

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24.026000, 122.341000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jrrr
Coordinates
24.026, 122.341
Network
us
Significance
400