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USGS usp000bj38

21 Nov 2002, 02:53

60 km WSW of San Andrés, Colombia

A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 7.5 km depth.

Depth7.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 60 km WSW of San Andrés, Colombia?

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12.373000, -82.220000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bj38
Coordinates
12.373, -82.22
Network
us
Significance
518