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USGS us10004gkq

23 Jan 2016, 04:54

16 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 94.9 km depth.

Depth94.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 16 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.667600, 71.350900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004gkq
Coordinates
36.6676, 71.3509
Network
us
Significance
385