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USGS usp000gxb3

20 May 2009, 04:36

73 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 18.6 km depth.

Depth18.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico?

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19.002000, -65.497000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gxb3
Coordinates
19.002, -65.497
Network
us
Significance
426