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USGS usp000guyu

13 Mar 2009, 17:33

6 km WSW of Golfito, Costa Rica

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 28.9 km depth.

Depth28.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 6 km WSW of Golfito, Costa Rica?

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8.575000, -83.169000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000guyu
Coordinates
8.575, -83.169
Network
us
Significance
408