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Magnitude 6.4 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

2003 February 24 02:03:41 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

USGS Energy and Broadband Solution

SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

03/02/24 02:03:44 UTC
Epicenter 39.64N 77.20E

BROADBAND SOURCE PARAMETERS
 Energy Magnitude:
  Me                         5.7
 Radiated Energy:
  Es               8.7*10**12 Nm
  No. of sta:  3  Focal mech.  M
 Broadband Depth:        11.0 km
 COMMENT: Depth from synthetics of broadband displacement seismograms.

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