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USGS us20005yxt

29 May 2016, 00:54

16 km SSW of Lakhdaria, Algeria

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 11.4 km depth.

Depth11.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 16 km SSW of Lakhdaria, Algeria?

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36.431300, 3.516600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005yxt
Coordinates
36.4313, 3.5166
Network
us
Significance
456