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USGS us20006g0u

20 Jul 2016, 02:20

2 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 September 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador?

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-0.935600, -80.427100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20006g0u
Coordinates
-0.9356, -80.4271
Network
us
Significance
403