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17 January 2022

INFO: mb 5.6 WESTERN AFGHANISTAN 20 km NW Besa 17/01/2022 11:40 (UTC)

Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
operated at LDG (Paris) and IGN (Madrid)

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EMSC HAS RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SEISMIC EVENT
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EARTHQUAKE on 17/01/2022 at 11:40 (UTC)
WESTERN AFGHANISTAN 20 km NW Besa

MAGNITUDE: mb 5.6

Data provided by: BEO BUD CNRM GFZ GSRC IMP KAN MAD MCSM NDI
NEIC NEWS SC3

Latitude = 34.95 N
Longitude = 63.76 E
Origin Time = 11:40:07.5 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km
RMS = 1.85 sec
Gap = 41 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 8.0 Km
- Semi minor = 4.4 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 179 degrees

Number of data used = 355

Preliminary location computed on Mon Jan 17 12:01:04 2022 (UTC)
Done by A T

Comments :

Message number: 3203

All magnitudes estimations :
mb4.9 (BEO) M 5.1 (BUD) Mb5.7 (CNRM) M 5.4 (GFZ)
Mb5.7 (GSRC) MW5.3 (IMP) Mb5.5 (KAN) mb5.6 (MAD)
Mb5.4 (MCSM) M 5.1 (NDI) mb5.6 (NEIC) Mb4.7 (NEWS)
M 5.4 (SC3)

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