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USGS usp000hfb7

16 Jul 2010, 01:06

50 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 62.4 km depth.

Depth62.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 50 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador?

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12.826000, -88.535000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hfb7
Coordinates
12.826, -88.535
Network
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Significance
409