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USGS us1000bzb5

3 Jan 2018, 13:38

32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 73.5 km depth.

Depth73.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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13.197800, -89.279600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000bzb5
Coordinates
13.1978, -89.2796
Network
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Significance
456