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USGS usp0003zmt

16 Sept 1989, 03:05

103 km E of Pirallah?, Azerbaijan

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 54.8 km depth.

Depth54.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 103 km E of Pirallah?, Azerbaijan?

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40.337000, 51.534000

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M 6.8

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0003zmt
Coordinates
40.337, 51.534
Network
us
Significance
650