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21 March 2023

ALERT: Mw 6.5 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN 21 km E Ghowrayd gharam 21/03/2023 16:47 (UTC)

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WARNING : These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in
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EARTHQUAKE on 21/03/2023 at 16:47 (UTC)
HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN 21 km E Ghowrayd gharam

MAGNITUDE: Mw 6.5

Data provided by: BEO BUC BUD CSLC DJA GFZ GSRC IMP INGV KAN
LVV MAD MMD NDI NEIC NEWS SC3

Latitude = 36.55 N
Longitude = 71.03 E
Origin Time = 16:47:24.4 (UTC)
Depth = 194 Km
RMS = 0.91 sec
Gap = 13 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 2.5 Km
- Semi minor = 1.6 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 14 degrees

Number of data used = 748

Preliminary location computed on Tue Mar 21 17:07:21 2023 (UTC)
Done by J B

Comments :

Message number: 3433

All magnitudes estimations :
M 7.0 (BEO) Mb6.5 (BUC) M 7.1 (BUD) M 6.8 (DJA)
M 6.6 (GFZ) Mb7.0 (GSRC) Mb6.8 (IMP) Mw6.6 (INGV)
Mw6.4 (KAN) mb6.6 (MAD) Mw6.5 (MMD) M 7.5 (NDI)
Mw6.5 (NEIC) Mb6.6 (NEWS) M 6.7 (SC3)

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