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USGS usb000h45n

23 May 2013, 23:44

73 km SW of Ger?sh, Iran

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 18.1 km depth.

Depth18.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km SW of Ger?sh, Iran?

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27.221000, 53.588000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000h45n
Coordinates
27.221, 53.588
Network
us
Significance
416