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March 09, 2007

Magnitude 5.1 - BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES

Magnitude 5.1

Date-Time Friday, March 9, 2007 at 17:44:06 (UTC)= Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 1:44:06 AM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 20.097°N, 121.489°E

Depth 50.1 km (31.1 miles)

Region BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES

Distances 65 km (40 miles) WSW of Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines225 km (140 miles) NNE of Laoag, Luzon, Philippines550 km (345 miles) S of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan610 km (380 miles) N of MANILA, Philippines

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.6 km (7.2 miles); depth +/- 15.3 km (9.5 miles)

Parameters Nst= 43, Nph= 43, Dmin=451.9 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 97°,M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2007zsbl

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007zsbl.php

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