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USGS usb000geu9

24 Apr 2013, 10:25

16 km S of Mehtar L?m, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 63.8 km depth.

Depth63.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 16 km S of Mehtar L?m, Afghanistan?

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34.526000, 70.220000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usb000geu9

Coordinates

34.526, 70.22

Network

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Significance

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