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USGS usp000acwb

9 Apr 2001, 18:38

13 km S of Gjinkar, Albania

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 52.5 km depth.

Depth52.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 13 km S of Gjinkar, Albania?

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40.082000, 20.406000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000acwb
Coordinates
40.082, 20.406
Network
us
Significance
400