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USGS usp000c1vn

7 Jul 2003, 07:55

Xizang-Qinghai border region

A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 17.7 km depth.

Depth17.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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34.606000, 89.475000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000c1vn
Coordinates
34.606, 89.475
Network
us
Significance
518