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USGS usp000jsd8

16 Sept 2012, 06:51

2 km NNW of Nicoya, Costa Rica

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 27.7 km depth.

Depth27.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km NNW of Nicoya, Costa Rica?

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10.168000, -85.459000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jsd8
Coordinates
10.168, -85.459
Network
us
Significance
433