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USGS usp000gham

18 Sept 2008, 22:52

31 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 219.8 km depth.

Depth219.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 31 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.491000, 71.275000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gham
Coordinates
36.491, 71.275
Network
us
Significance
385