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USGS usb000sp80

20 Oct 2014, 20:33

7 km NE of El Ángel, Ecuador

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km NE of El Ángel, Ecuador?

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0.662300, -77.889500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000sp80
Coordinates
0.6623, -77.8895
Network
us
Significance
489