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USGS usb000s5h3

22 Aug 2014, 21:06

20 km ESE of Mandal?, Iraq

A magnitude 5.1 mwb earthquake at 17.1 km depth.

Depth17.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km ESE of Mandal?, Iraq?

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33.700300, 45.772800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000s5h3
Coordinates
33.7003, 45.7728
Network
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Significance
402