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USGS usp000du9c

1 Jul 2005, 04:48

22 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 63.1 km depth.

Depth63.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 22 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.569000, 71.320000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000du9c
Coordinates
36.569, 71.32
Network
us
Significance
482