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USGS usp000jsf8

16 Sept 2012, 22:46

100 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 42.9 km depth.

Depth42.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 100 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines?

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10.624000, 126.723000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jsf8
Coordinates
10.624, 126.723
Network
us
Significance
432