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USGS iscgem913044

25 Jan 1918, 01:21

1 km ESE of Morazán, Guatemala

A magnitude 6.4 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 1 km ESE of Morazán, Guatemala?

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14.927000, -90.131000

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10 km WNW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador

19 km NNE of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala

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8 km SE of Canillá, Guatemala

28 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico

53 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem913044

Coordinates

14.927, -90.131

Network

iscgem

Significance

630