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USGS usp000awm9

16 Jan 2002, 23:09

2 km SW of Las Brisas, Mexico

A magnitude 6.4 mwc earthquake at 80.2 km depth.

Depth80.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km SW of Las Brisas, Mexico?

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15.502000, -93.133000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000awm9
Coordinates
15.502, -93.133
Network
us
Significance
630