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Magnitude 5.0 - CHIAPAS, MEXICO

2008 February 11 22:20:40 UTC

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Magnitude

5.0

Date-Time

Monday, February 11, 2008 at 22:20:40 UTC

Monday, February 11, 2008 at 04:20:40 PM at epicenter

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Location

16.614°N, 93.643°W

Depth

147.5 km (91.7 miles)

Region

CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Distances

55 km (35 miles) N of
Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico
60 km (35 miles) WSW of Tuxtla
Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
400 km (250 miles) WNW of GUATEMALA
CITY, Guatemala
660 km (410 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F.,
Mexico

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 11.2 km (7.0 miles); depth +/- 23.1 km (14.4
miles)

Parameters

Nst= 63, Nph= 63, Dmin=693.1 km, Rmss=0.94 sec,
Gp=184°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

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USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008nha4

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