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USGS usp000epsz

29 Jul 2006, 01:11

5 km NE of Qar?wul, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 34.2 km depth.

Depth34.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 5 km NE of Qar?wul, Afghanistan?

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37.255000, 68.828000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000epsz

Coordinates

37.255, 68.828

Network

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Significance

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