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USGS us2000ahvc

8 Sept 2017, 06:17

73 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 51.1 km depth.

Depth51.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 December 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km S of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico?

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15.572600, -94.567200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000ahvc
Coordinates
15.5726, -94.5672
Network
us
Significance
433