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USGS iscgem884510

6 Jun 1958, 10:11

188 km SW of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 188 km SW of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica?

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7.673000, -84.645000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem884510

Coordinates

7.673, -84.645

Network

iscgem

Significance

624