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USGS usp000js7t

12 Sept 2012, 20:29

8 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 192.4 km depth.

Depth192.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan?

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36.697000, 71.442000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000js7t
Coordinates
36.697, 71.442
Network
us
Significance
402