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USGS usp000gxdm

22 May 2009, 20:24

3 km E of Chila de la Sal, Mexico

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 62.3 km depth.

Depth62.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km E of Chila de la Sal, Mexico?

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18.114000, -98.457000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gxdm
Coordinates
18.114, -98.457
Network
us
Significance
761