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USGS us1000d764

21 Mar 2018, 20:41

54 km NE of Bandar Abbas, Iran

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 June 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 54 km NE of Bandar Abbas, Iran?

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27.578500, 56.606100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000d764
Coordinates
27.5785, 56.6061
Network
us
Significance
386