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USGS iscgem898558

21 Aug 1946, 20:17

10 km ESE of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic

A magnitude 6.3 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 10 km ESE of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic?

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19.290000, -69.441000

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M 6.37

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M 6.24

16 km ENE of Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic

M 6.4

2 km SE of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem898558
Coordinates
19.29, -69.441
Network
iscgem
Significance
613