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USGS us6000lg2t

17 Oct 2023, 06:10

58 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 December 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 58 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran?

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27.704000, 56.141900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000lg2t
Coordinates
27.704, 56.1419
Network
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Significance
468