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USGS usp000ezkf

5 Dec 2006, 15:58

42 km S of El Rosario, Nicaragua

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 42 km S of El Rosario, Nicaragua?

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11.397000, -86.411000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ezkf
Coordinates
11.397, -86.411
Network
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Significance
469