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USGS us20006ft7

19 Jul 2016, 14:42

4 km NNW of Copanatoyac, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 44.2 km depth.

Depth44.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 4 km NNW of Copanatoyac, Mexico?

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17.500000, -98.738200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20006ft7
Coordinates
17.5, -98.7382
Network
us
Significance
403