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USGS iscgem898945

3 Jun 1945, 15:05

3 km SW of Santo Tomás, Panama

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 34.4 km depth.

Depth34.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km SW of Santo Tomás, Panama?

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8.377000, -82.675000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem898945

Coordinates

8.377, -82.675

Network

iscgem

Significance

642