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USGS usp000gszg

22 Jan 2009, 14:03

2 km N of Ixchiguán, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 199.4 km depth.

Depth199.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km N of Ixchiguán, Guatemala?

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15.189000, -91.931000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gszg
Coordinates
15.189, -91.931
Network
us
Significance
400