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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pdbm.V.20080304T214021.193Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-03-04T21:40:22+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-us2008pdbm.U.20080304T161811.312Z/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Severe</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 6.0 Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 6.0 occurred near Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines at 13:49:40.41 UTC on Mar 3, 2008. (This is a computer-generated message and has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008pdbm.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-03-03T13:49:40+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2008pdbm</parameter>
<parameter>Version=V</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=6.0</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=10.0 km (6.2 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=4.5 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=203</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=323.9 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.90 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=25 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>53 miles (86 km) SW of Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines; 126 miles (203 km) NNE of Laoag, Luzon, Philippines; 195 miles (313 km) S of T'ai-tung, Taiwan; 367 miles (590 km) N of MANILA, Philippines</areaDesc>
<circle>19.908,121.380 22.9</circle>
</area>
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