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USGS us2000aj9i

10 Sept 2017, 10:47

9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 9.8 km depth.

Depth9.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho?

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42.562900, -111.415500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000aj9i
Coordinates
42.5629, -111.4155
Network
us
Significance
421