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USGS usp000ju1c

16 Oct 2012, 00:43

51 km ESE of Nahr?n, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 112.4 km depth.

Depth112.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 51 km ESE of Nahr?n, Afghanistan?

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35.949000, 69.683000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ju1c
Coordinates
35.949, 69.683
Network
us
Significance
385