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USGS iscgemsup610326359

5 May 1910, 00:27

1 km WNW of Orosí, Costa Rica

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 1 km WNW of Orosí, Costa Rica?

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9.801000, -83.870000

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18 km SSE of Paquera, Costa Rica

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgemsup610326359

Coordinates

9.801, -83.87

Network

iscgemsup

Significance

578