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USGS us20004g6m

7 Dec 2015, 07:59

103 km SSE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 17.9 km depth.

Depth17.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 March 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 103 km SSE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan?

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38.746700, 72.846100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004g6m
Coordinates
38.7467, 72.8461
Network
us
Significance
432