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USGS usc000jw0j

17 Sept 2013, 05:09

21 km N of Q’vareli, Georgia

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 5 km depth.

Depth5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 21 km N of Q’vareli, Georgia?

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42.146200, 45.811700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000jw0j
Coordinates
42.1462, 45.8117
Network
us
Significance
434