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USGS iscgem903417

31 Dec 1937, 17:41

7 km WNW of El Carrizo, Mexico

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km WNW of El Carrizo, Mexico?

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16.274000, -98.094000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem903417

Coordinates

16.274, -98.094

Network

iscgem

Significance

576