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USGS iscgem902488

14 May 1938, 13:03

139 km N of K?ng Tung, Myanmar

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 139 km N of K?ng Tung, Myanmar?

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22.881000, 99.774000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem902488
Coordinates
22.881, 99.774
Network
iscgem
Significance
584