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USGS usp0009mqc

26 Jan 2000, 23:00

4 km W of Türkmenba?y, Turkmenistan

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 4 km W of Türkmenba?y, Turkmenistan?

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40.021000, 52.901000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0009mqc
Coordinates
40.021, 52.901
Network
us
Significance
432