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USGS usp000gze0

18 Jul 2009, 21:32

42 km S of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 25.8 km depth.

Depth25.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 42 km S of Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq?

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35.888000, 43.353000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gze0
Coordinates
35.888, 43.353
Network
us
Significance
506