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USGS us700056qp

21 Aug 2019, 21:10

38 km SSE of Khanabad, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 42.9 km depth.

Depth42.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 November 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 38 km SSE of Khanabad, Afghanistan?

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36.389800, 69.339800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us700056qp
Coordinates
36.3898, 69.3398
Network
us
Significance
385