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USGS us10006trl

29 Sept 2016, 09:56

56 km SW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 December 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km SW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico?

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15.921000, -98.752600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006trl
Coordinates
15.921, -98.7526
Network
us
Significance
400