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USGS iscgem903276

28 Sept 1937, 07:20

near the coast of Guatemala

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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13.556000, -91.522000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

7 km NW of Jacaltenango, Guatemala

6 km W of Santa María Ixhuatán, Guatemala

14 km WSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala

1 km WNW of Berlín, El Salvador

8 km WNW of Jujutla, El Salvador

103 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem903276

Coordinates

13.556, -91.522

Network

iscgem

Significance

584