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USGS usp000h1tx

24 Sept 2009, 08:57

27 km ESE of Kadzhi-Say, Kyrgyzstan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 42.2 km depth.

Depth42.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 27 km ESE of Kadzhi-Say, Kyrgyzstan?

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42.051000, 77.491000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h1tx
Coordinates
42.051, 77.491
Network
us
Significance
389