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USGS us10002mft

29 Jun 2015, 23:07

20 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 191 km depth.

Depth191 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.680200, 71.300400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002mft
Coordinates
36.6802, 71.3004
Network
us
Significance
481