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USGS usp000cu7w

5 May 2004, 14:39

5 km S of Leni, Italy

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 228.9 km depth.

Depth228.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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38.507000, 14.814000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cu7w
Coordinates
38.507, 14.814
Network
us
Significance
465