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USGS usp000hq1t

24 Nov 2010, 14:01

11 km W of San Nicolás, Mexico

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 22.9 km depth.

Depth22.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 11 km W of San Nicolás, Mexico?

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16.418000, -98.628000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hq1t
Coordinates
16.418, -98.628
Network
us
Significance
385