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USGS us10003jb2

30 Sept 2015, 18:25

13 km N of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 42 km depth.

Depth42 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 13 km N of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico?

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18.040100, -101.336900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10003jb2
Coordinates
18.0401, -101.3369
Network
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Significance
486