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USGS usp000gxt6

2 Jun 2009, 15:39

29 km N of Türkmenba?y, Turkmenistan

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 52.3 km depth.

Depth52.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km N of Türkmenba?y, Turkmenistan?

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40.280000, 53.015000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gxt6
Coordinates
40.28, 53.015
Network
us
Significance
385