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USGS us100040ct

22 Nov 2015, 18:16

29 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 102 km depth.

Depth102 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.434400, 71.423300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100040ct
Coordinates
36.4344, 71.4233
Network
us
Significance
549