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USGS usp000hkrd

15 Sept 2010, 08:50

140 km W of La Libertad, Mexico

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 140 km W of La Libertad, Mexico?

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29.787000, -114.141000

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M 5.38

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hkrd
Coordinates
29.787, -114.141
Network
us
Significance
435