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USGS us2000j832

24 Jan 2019, 03:04

3 km W of Cepitá, Colombia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 159.2 km depth.

Depth159.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 April 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km W of Cepitá, Colombia?

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6.750600, -73.006200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000j832
Coordinates
6.7506, -73.0062
Network
us
Significance
466