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USGS usp000dj1q

12 Mar 2005, 07:36

16 km N of Karl?ova, Turkey

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 11.1 km depth.

Depth11.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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39.440000, 40.978000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dj1q
Coordinates
39.44, 40.978
Network
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Significance
484