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USGS usp000eu32

29 Sept 2006, 19:23

26 km WNW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 52 km depth.

Depth52 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 26 km WNW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago?

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10.814000, -61.758000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 5.5

67 km SE of Saint David’s, Grenada

M 5.4

6 km NNW of Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago

M 5.4

61 km NNE of Güiria, Venezuela

M 5.3

159 km ESE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago

M 5.8

7 km WSW of Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago

M 5.2

64 km N of Güiria, Venezuela

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eu32
Coordinates
10.814, -61.758
Network
us
Significance
566