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USGS us10004qz4

19 Feb 2016, 04:42

8 km N of San Sebastián, El Salvador

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 201.3 km depth.

Depth201.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km N of San Sebastián, El Salvador?

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13.807400, -88.838700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004qz4
Coordinates
13.8074, -88.8387
Network
us
Significance
385