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USGS usp000dubj

2 Jul 2005, 03:16

32 km W of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

A magnitude 6.6 mwc earthquake at 27 km depth.

Depth27 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 32 km W of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua?

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11.245000, -86.172000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dubj
Coordinates
11.245, -86.172
Network
us
Significance
719