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USGS usp0003uc7

25 Apr 1989, 03:13

244 km W of Kangding, China

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 7.7 km depth.

Depth7.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 244 km W of Kangding, China?

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30.048000, 99.419000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0003uc7
Coordinates
30.048, 99.419
Network
us
Significance
572