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USGS usp000g68b

12 May 2008, 12:11

39 km NW of Tianpeng, China

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 39 km NW of Tianpeng, China?

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31.214000, 103.618000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g68b
Coordinates
31.214, 103.618
Network
us
Significance
577