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USGS usp000gy88

15 Jun 2009, 17:00

50 km W of Sandy Bay, Honduras

A magnitude 5.1 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 50 km W of Sandy Bay, Honduras?

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16.318000, -87.036000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gy88
Coordinates
16.318, -87.036
Network
us
Significance
456