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USGS usp000c1u9

6 Jul 2003, 21:10

30 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 17 km depth.

Depth17 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 30 km NE of Gökçeada, Turkey?

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40.421000, 26.128000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000c1u9
Coordinates
40.421, 26.128
Network
us
Significance
432