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USGS iscgemsup913355

29 Nov 1918, 10:41

26 km E of Birendranagar, Nepal

A magnitude 6.2 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 26 km E of Birendranagar, Nepal?

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28.558000, 81.883000

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14 km W of Dh?rchula, India

M 6.37

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M 6

28 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup913355
Coordinates
28.558, 81.883
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
589