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USGS us20008uw7

27 Mar 2017, 00:55

54 km NW of Dali, China

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 27.6 km depth.

Depth27.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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25.938200, 99.840600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008uw7
Coordinates
25.9382, 99.8406
Network
us
Significance
385