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USGS iscgem891322

4 Dec 1954, 18:31

23 km N of Paradise, Trinidad and Tobago

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 49 km depth.

Depth49 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 N of Paradise, Trinidad and Tobago?

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10.863000, -61.374000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem891322

Coordinates

10.863, -61.374

Network

iscgem

Significance

572