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USGS us1000gfiy

22 Aug 2018, 19:03

3 km SW of Agua Zarca, Mexico

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 16.9 km depth.

Depth16.9 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 SW of Agua Zarca, Mexico?

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16.604800, -98.729900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000gfiy
Coordinates
16.6048, -98.7299
Network
us
Significance
440