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USGS iscgem888695

16 Sept 1956, 09:37

19 km S of ?uk?mat? Azrah, Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 19 km S of ?uk?mat? Azrah, Afghanistan?

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33.997000, 69.667000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem888695

Coordinates

33.997, 69.667

Network

iscgem

Significance

652