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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008xwaq.Q.20081008T013000.658Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-10-08T01:30:00+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-us2008xwaq.7.20081007T034718.402Z/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Unknown</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 5.4 Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 5.4 occurred near Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines at 03:34:35.37 UTC on Oct 7, 2008. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008xwaq.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-10-07T03:34:35+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2008xwaq</parameter>
<parameter>Version=Q</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=5.4</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=45.0 km (28.0 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=6.0 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=89</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=89</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=1,360.4 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.76 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=62 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>26 miles (41 km) E of Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines; 28 miles (44 km) WNW of Guiuan, Samar, Philippines; 76 miles (123 km) SE of Calbayog, Samar, Philippines; 378 miles (608 km) SE of MANILA, Philippines</areaDesc>
<circle>11.253,125.394 0.0</circle>
</area>
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