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USGS us60006bff

14 Nov 2019, 09:23

24 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 97.6 km depth.

Depth97.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 February 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 24 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.466500, 71.509600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us60006bff
Coordinates
36.4665, 71.5096
Network
us
Significance
403