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USGS usp000ep1a

19 Jul 2006, 00:27

36 km E of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 43.8 km depth.

Depth43.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km E of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran?

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26.295000, 61.118000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ep1a
Coordinates
26.295, 61.118
Network
us
Significance
432