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USGS usp000gxzj

8 Jun 2009, 06:13

8 km ENE of El Porvenir, Honduras

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km ENE of El Porvenir, Honduras?

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15.792000, -86.865000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gxzj
Coordinates
15.792, -86.865
Network
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Significance
917