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USGS us10006drz

14 Aug 2016, 16:05

91 km SSE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 4.8 km depth.

Depth4.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 91 km SSE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan?

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38.768900, 72.526200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006drz
Coordinates
38.7689, 72.5262
Network
us
Significance
385