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USGS usb000i6hl

3 Jul 2013, 23:22

55 km W of Kigorobya, Uganda

A magnitude 5.1 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 55 km W of Kigorobya, Uganda?

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1.548000, 30.818000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usb000i6hl

Coordinates

1.548, 30.818

Network

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Significance

414