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USGS us10002m3f

27 Jun 2015, 16:34

0 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 22 km depth.

Depth22 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 0 km SSE of Nuwaybi‘a, Egypt?

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29.040200, 34.667200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002m3f
Coordinates
29.0402, 34.6672
Network
us
Significance
501