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USGS usp000gux3

12 Mar 2009, 08:25

68 km W of Guangyuan, China

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 68 km W of Guangyuan, China?

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32.386000, 105.096000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gux3
Coordinates
32.386, 105.096
Network
us
Significance
438