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USGS us2000cidd

11 Jan 2018, 17:03

17 km ESE of Bijagua, Costa Rica

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 April 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 17 km ESE of Bijagua, Costa Rica?

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10.657700, -84.919600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000cidd
Coordinates
10.6577, -84.9196
Network
us
Significance
389