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USGS usp000afbg

22 May 2001, 10:15

12 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 188.6 km depth.

Depth188.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 12 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.622000, 71.417000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000afbg
Coordinates
36.622, 71.417
Network
us
Significance
432