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USGS usp000debc

25 Jan 2005, 16:44

Turkey-Iraq border region

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 41.2 km depth.

Depth41.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Turkey-Iraq border region?

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37.622000, 43.703000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000debc
Coordinates
37.622, 43.703
Network
us
Significance
536