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USGS usp000cv90

16 May 2004, 23:06

56 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 118.3 km depth.

Depth118.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.172000, 71.531000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cv90
Coordinates
36.172, 71.531
Network
us
Significance
400