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USGS usp0007c7g

3 Feb 1996, 11:14

47 km N of Lijiang, China

A magnitude 6.6 mw earthquake at 11.1 km depth.

Depth11.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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27.291000, 100.276000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0007c7g
Coordinates
27.291, 100.276
Network
us
Significance
670