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USGS us10007suf

12 Jan 2017, 10:26

8 km NE of El Pitahayo, Mexico

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 21.2 km depth.

Depth21.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km NE of El Pitahayo, Mexico?

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16.592400, -98.480200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007suf
Coordinates
16.5924, -98.4802
Network
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Significance
388