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USGS iscgem912397

4 Jan 1920, 04:22

5 km NE of Ejido la Piña (Maromilla), Mexico

A magnitude 6.3 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 5 km NE of Ejido la Piña (Maromilla), Mexico?

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19.062000, -96.739000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem912397

Coordinates

19.062, -96.739

Network

iscgem

Significance

614