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USGS iscgem892078

13 Oct 1953, 08:53

124 km W of La Libertad, Mexico

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 124 km W of La Libertad, Mexico?

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29.977000, -113.984000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem892078

Coordinates

29.977, -113.984

Network

iscgem

Significance

593