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USGS us2000a99s

18 Aug 2017, 06:15

7 km SSW of Cayaco, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 26.3 km depth.

Depth26.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km SSW of Cayaco, Mexico?

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16.987200, -100.303500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000a99s
Coordinates
16.9872, -100.3035
Network
us
Significance
404