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USGS usp00038y6

3 Oct 1987, 12:00

26 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 95.4 km depth.

Depth95.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 26 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.454000, 71.437000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp00038y6
Coordinates
36.454, 71.437
Network
us
Significance
572