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USGS usp000ajvs

20 Jul 2001, 06:09

2 km W of Spulber, Romania

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 128.6 km depth.

Depth128.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km W of Spulber, Romania?

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45.749000, 26.734000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ajvs
Coordinates
45.749, 26.734
Network
us
Significance
432