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USGS us20005xrv

25 May 2016, 09:36

27 km S of Palekastro, Greece

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 27 km S of Palekastro, Greece?

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34.952100, 26.210600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005xrv
Coordinates
34.9521, 26.2106
Network
us
Significance
434