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USGS iscgem909535

2 Oct 1927, 04:47

4 km WSW of La Alianza, Honduras

A magnitude 6.1 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

Where is 4 km WSW of La Alianza, Honduras?

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13.493000, -87.763000

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20 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala

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9 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem909535

Coordinates

13.493, -87.763

Network

iscgem

Significance

572