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USGS usp000hm18

21 Sept 2010, 15:42

67 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 28.1 km depth.

Depth28.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 67 km S of El Carrizal, Mexico?

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15.461000, -95.317000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hm18
Coordinates
15.461, -95.317
Network
us
Significance
432