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USGS us70007rb0

16 Feb 2020, 12:30

51 km W of Bandar Abbas, Iran

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 8.5 km depth.

Depth8.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

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27.128600, 55.765900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70007rb0
Coordinates
27.1286, 55.7659
Network
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Significance
425