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USGS usp000g6dz

12 May 2008, 21:08

47 km N of Tianpeng, China

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 21.7 km depth.

Depth21.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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31.413000, 103.889000

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Event ID
usp000g6dz
Coordinates
31.413, 103.889
Network
us
Significance
482