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USGS us20007ga1

23 Oct 2016, 23:59

29 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 12 km depth.

Depth12 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico?

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18.901700, -104.571400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007ga1
Coordinates
18.9017, -104.5714
Network
us
Significance
516