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USGS us2000hiw5

23 Sept 2018, 06:45

4 km S of Villa Elisa, Dominican Republic

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 19.8 km depth.

Depth19.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 4 km S of Villa Elisa, Dominican Republic?

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19.649500, -71.273900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000hiw5
Coordinates
19.6495, -71.2739
Network
us
Significance
502