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USGS usp000f2yn

19 Jan 2007, 01:43

56 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 55.3 km depth.

Depth55.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km S of El Rosario, El Salvador?

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12.994000, -89.132000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000f2yn
Coordinates
12.994, -89.132
Network
us
Significance
449