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USGS iscgem875333

12 Sept 1962, 21:57

31 km NNW of Nahr?n, Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 31 km NNW of Nahr?n, Afghanistan?

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36.323000, 68.981000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem875333

Coordinates

36.323, 68.981

Network

iscgem

Significance

611