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USGS usp000bd77

27 Sept 2002, 08:04

5 km E of Tetitlán, Mexico

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 36.4 km depth.

Depth36.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 5 km E of Tetitlán, Mexico?

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17.163000, -100.590000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bd77
Coordinates
17.163, -100.59
Network
us
Significance
400