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USGS usp000eu2n

29 Sept 2006, 14:08

30 km NW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 53 km depth.

Depth53 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 30 km NW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago?

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10.876000, -61.756000

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M 6.2

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M 5.9

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eu2n
Coordinates
10.876, -61.756
Network
us
Significance
923