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USGS usp000c5gk

21 Aug 2003, 05:53

170 km S of Al Ghayz?ah, Yemen

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 170 km S of Al Ghayz?ah, Yemen?

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14.667000, 52.240000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000c5gk
Coordinates
14.667, 52.24
Network
us
Significance
432