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USGS usp000hb7n

11 Apr 2010, 23:08

1 km S of Nigüelas, Spain

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 609.8 km depth.

Depth609.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 1 km S of Nigüelas, Spain?

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36.965000, -3.542000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hb7n
Coordinates
36.965, -3.542
Network
us
Significance
641