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USGS usp000dy3w

26 Aug 2005, 19:16

199 km S of Al Ghayz?ah, Yemen

A magnitude 6.2 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 199 km S of Al Ghayz?ah, Yemen?

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14.417000, 52.365000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dy3w
Coordinates
14.417, 52.365
Network
us
Significance
591