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USGS usp000g659

12 May 2008, 07:53

58 km W of Guangyuan, China

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 58 km W of Guangyuan, China?

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32.372000, 105.202000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g659
Coordinates
32.372, 105.202
Network
us
Significance
400