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USGS usb000m0se

14 Jan 2014, 15:41

14 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 107.2 km depth.

Depth107.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 March 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 14 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.550400, 71.518500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000m0se
Coordinates
36.5504, 71.5185
Network
us
Significance
400