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USGS us10006tre

29 Sept 2016, 09:55

14 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 mwb earthquake at 18 km depth.

Depth18 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 14 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico?

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16.208600, -98.462200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006tre
Coordinates
16.2086, -98.4622
Network
us
Significance
401