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USGS usp000h5rc

5 Jan 2010, 05:36

30 km S of Champerico, Guatemala

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 47.6 km depth.

Depth47.6 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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14.019000, -91.878000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h5rc
Coordinates
14.019, -91.878
Network
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Significance
385