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USGS us20008hyg

6 Feb 2017, 17:03

36 km NW of P?palkoti, India

A magnitude 5.1 mwb earthquake at 16.1 km depth.

Depth16.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 January 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km NW of P?palkoti, India?

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30.654400, 79.164500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008hyg
Coordinates
30.6544, 79.1645
Network
us
Significance
604