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USGS usp000h09t

13 Aug 2009, 10:21

260 km N of Bamboo Flat, India

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 260 km N of Bamboo Flat, India?

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14.052000, 92.821000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h09t
Coordinates
14.052, 92.821
Network
us
Significance
536