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Magnitude 5.1 - EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN

2008 January 29 20:02:28 UTC

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Magnitude

5.1

Date-Time

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 20:02:28 UTC

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 02:02:28 AM at epicenter

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Location

49.761°N, 83.490°E

Depth

32.5 km (20.2 miles) set by location program

Region

EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN

Distances

70 km (40 miles) ESE of
Oskemen, Kazakhstan
245 km (150 miles) ESE of Semey
(Semipalatinsk), Kazakhstan
260 km (160 miles) SE of Rubtsovsk,
Russia
870 km (540 miles) E of ASTANA (Tselinograd),
Kazakhstan

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 5.9 km (3.7 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst= 61, Nph= 61, Dmin=341.9 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Gp=
43°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008mua7

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