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USGS usp0009v6b

27 Jun 2000, 08:10

3 km ENE of El Peñol, Colombia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 142.7 km depth.

Depth142.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km ENE of El Peñol, Colombia?

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1.464000, -77.414000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0009v6b
Coordinates
1.464, -77.414
Network
us
Significance
416