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USGS iscgemsup893101

30 Jun 1952, 22:04

53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda?

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-0.360000, 29.914000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup893101
Coordinates
-0.36, 29.914
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
640