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USGS usp000g73q

17 May 2008, 21:04

3 km NW of San Agustín Chayuco, Mexico

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 29.7 km depth.

Depth29.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km NW of San Agustín Chayuco, Mexico?

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16.424000, -97.827000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g73q
Coordinates
16.424, -97.827
Network
us
Significance
416