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USGS iscgem899161

26 Oct 1945, 13:56

7 km S of Daday, Turkey

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km S of Daday, Turkey?

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41.407000, 33.470000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem899161
Coordinates
41.407, 33.47
Network
iscgem
Significance
578