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USGS us2000294d

25 Apr 2015, 09:55

0 km WNW of Panauti??, Nepal

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 0 km WNW of Panauti??, Nepal?

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27.586600, 85.505800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000294d
Coordinates
27.5866, 85.5058
Network
us
Significance
433