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USGS us6000efd7

28 May 2021, 08:24

25 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 209.8 km depth.

Depth209.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan?

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36.523900, 70.135200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000efd7
Coordinates
36.5239, 70.1352
Network
us
Significance
385