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USGS usp000h2nt

9 Oct 2009, 19:11

3 km N of Tena, Ecuador

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 35.2 km depth.

Depth35.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-0.962000, -77.817000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h2nt
Coordinates
-0.962, -77.817
Network
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Significance
427