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USGS us1000e6uj

16 May 2018, 23:30

21 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10.4 km depth.

Depth10.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 21 km SSW of Géfyra, Greece?

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36.512100, 22.932400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000e6uj
Coordinates
36.5121, 22.9324
Network
us
Significance
387