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USGS usp00060ju

18 Sept 1993, 06:02

29 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.3 mwb earthquake at 112.6 km depth.

Depth112.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.421000, 71.592000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp00060ju
Coordinates
36.421, 71.592
Network
us
Significance
611