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USGS us6000hkj2

12 May 2022, 11:27

24 km SW of Boysun, Uzbekistan

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 30.3 km depth.

Depth30.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 24 km SW of Boysun, Uzbekistan?

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38.064200, 66.990300

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M 5.3

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M 5.3

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M 5.1

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M 5

Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border region

M 5.7

22 km N of Bulung’ur Shahri, Uzbekistan

M 6

30 km NNE of Gazli, Uzbekistan

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000hkj2
Coordinates
38.0642, 66.9903
Network
us
Significance
436