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USGS us70008xeb

16 Apr 2020, 09:04

59 km NNE of Savannah Bight, Honduras

A magnitude 6.1 mww earthquake at 12 km depth.

Depth12 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 59 km NNE of Savannah Bight, Honduras?

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16.959100, -85.685100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70008xeb
Coordinates
16.9591, -85.6851
Network
us
Significance
650