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USGS usc000lphw

21 Dec 2013, 14:21

20 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 87.1 km depth.

Depth87.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 February 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.539500, 71.386800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000lphw
Coordinates
36.5395, 71.3868
Network
us
Significance
385