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USGS usb000skkx

10 Oct 2014, 07:22

25 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 20.5 km depth.

Depth20.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica?

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8.370000, -83.126000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000skkx
Coordinates
8.37, -83.126
Network
us
Significance
386