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USGS us2000628g

5 Jun 2016, 22:20

11 km WSW of Canoas, Costa Rica

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 24 km depth.

Depth24 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 August 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 11 km WSW of Canoas, Costa Rica?

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8.509300, -82.937400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000628g
Coordinates
8.5093, -82.9374
Network
us
Significance
385