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USGS us1000e95q

21 May 2018, 03:15

3 km NNE of Iliatenco, Mexico

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 36.6 km depth.

Depth36.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km NNE of Iliatenco, Mexico?

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17.071000, -98.674400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000e95q
Coordinates
17.071, -98.6744
Network
us
Significance
452