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USGS usp000a10u

30 Sept 2000, 00:38

near the coast of Ecuador

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is near the coast of Ecuador?

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-0.333000, -80.735000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a10u
Coordinates
-0.333, -80.735
Network
us
Significance
385