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USGS us1000304a

7 Aug 2015, 14:48

off the coast of Ecuador

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 6.9 km depth.

Depth6.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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1.046700, -85.270500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000304a
Coordinates
1.0467, -85.2705
Network
us
Significance
482