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USGS usp000h9s0

20 Mar 2010, 21:55

13 km N of Barillas, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 39.5 km depth.

Depth39.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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15.927000, -91.294000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h9s0
Coordinates
15.927, -91.294
Network
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Significance
416