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Magnitude 6.1 - CHIAPAS, MEXICO

2007 July 6 01:09:21 UTC

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Magnitude

6.1

Date-Time

Friday, July 6, 2007 at 01:09:21 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 8:09:21 PM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

16.678°N, 93.479°W

Depth

124.8 km (77.6 miles)

Region

CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Distances

40 km (25 miles) WSW of
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
65 km (40 miles) NNE of
Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico
390 km (240 miles) NW of GUATEMALA
CITY, Guatemala
675 km (420 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F.,
Mexico

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth +/- 16.6 km (10.3
miles)

Parameters

Nst=156, Nph=156, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.93 sec,
Gp=140°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007elac

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