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USGS us1000d6tb

20 Mar 2018, 16:43

6 km ENE of Montecillos, Mexico

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 June 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 6 km ENE of Montecillos, Mexico?

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16.416300, -98.441800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000d6tb
Coordinates
16.4163, -98.4418
Network
us
Significance
386