It also occurred more than a week after salvage teams removed from Tubbataha the USS Guardian, which was stuck in the area for more than 10 weeks. The USS Guardian damaged about 2,345.67 square meters of the reef when it ran aground the Unesco World Heritage site on January 17. This would mean a fine of about P58-M. (Read: US Navy faces P58-M fine over Tubbataha)