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USGS usp000gdkc

1 Aug 2008, 09:32

29 km N of Jiangyou, China

A magnitude 5.7 mwb earthquake at 11 km depth.

Depth11 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 29 km N of Jiangyou, China?

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32.033000, 104.722000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gdkc
Coordinates
32.033, 104.722
Network
us
Significance
537