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USGS usp0009rkb

20 Apr 2000, 09:41

17 km E of G‘uzor, Uzbekistan

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 17 km E of G‘uzor, Uzbekistan?

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38.616000, 66.445000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0009rkb
Coordinates
38.616, 66.445
Network
us
Significance
432