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USGS usp000bb30

2 Sept 2002, 01:21

217 km N of Kilmia, Yemen

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 217 km N of Kilmia, Yemen?

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14.133000, 51.938000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bb30
Coordinates
14.133, 51.938
Network
us
Significance
385