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USGS usp000jrvz

6 Sept 2012, 20:04

85 km E of Sulangan, Philippines

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 16.1 km depth.

Depth16.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 85 km E of Sulangan, Philippines?

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10.946000, 126.613000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jrvz
Coordinates
10.946, 126.613
Network
us
Significance
385