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USGS iscgem889884

3 Sept 1955, 13:36

23 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 44.1 km depth.

Depth44.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 23 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala?

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13.716000, -90.857000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

35 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala

1 km ESE of Morazán, Guatemala

10 km WNW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador

19 km NNE of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala

7 km ESE of Ignacio López Rayón, Mexico

8 km SE of Canillá, Guatemala

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem889884

Coordinates

13.716, -90.857

Network

iscgem

Significance

626