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USGS iscgem908944

25 Oct 1928, 12:33

57 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua

A magnitude 6.6 mw earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 57 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua?

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11.613000, -87.012000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

2 km WSW of Belén, Nicaragua

5 km SW of Río Segundo, Costa Rica

39 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua

32 km W of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

15 km N of Belén, Nicaragua

22 km ESE of Punta de Burica, Panama

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem908944

Coordinates

11.613, -87.012

Network

iscgem

Significance

666