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USGS us20005lgb

24 Apr 2016, 22:43

Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region

A magnitude 5.1 mwr earthquake at 114.8 km depth.

Depth114.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region?

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37.001800, 71.479800

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20005lgb

Coordinates

37.0018, 71.4798

Network

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Significance

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