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USGS usp000jsy0

25 Sept 2012, 09:33

24 km NNE of Nahr?n, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 30.3 km depth.

Depth30.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 24 km NNE of Nahr?n, Afghanistan?

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36.277000, 69.211000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jsy0
Coordinates
36.277, 69.211
Network
us
Significance
419