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Magnitude 7.2 - XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION

2008 March 20 22:33:01 UTC

Magnitude 7.2 - XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.2

Date-Time Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 22:33:01 UTC

Friday, March 21, 2008 at 06:33:01 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 35.424°N, 81.386°E

Depth 37.2 km (23.1 miles)

Region XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION

Distances 230 km (140 miles) SE of Hotan, Xinjiang, China

375 km (235 miles) ENE of Leh, Kashmir

615 km (385 miles) ENE of Srinagar, Kashmir

3105 km (1930 miles) W of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth +/- 10.2 km (6.3 miles)

Parameters NST=134, Nph=134, Dmin=962.1 km, Rmss=0.89 sec, Gp= 54°,

M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008pvcl

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