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Magnitude 6.7 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

2008 October 16 19:41:26 UTC

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Magnitude

6.7

Date-Time

Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 19:41:26 UTC

Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 02:41:26 PM at epicenter

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Location

14.443°N, 92.423°W

Depth

24 km (14.9 miles) set by location program

Region

OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Distances

55 km (35 miles) SSW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
110 km
(65 miles) WSW of Quezaltenango, Guatemala
205 km (130 miles) W
of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala
900 km (560 miles) SE of MEXICO
CITY, D.F., Mexico

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 4.2 km (2.6 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

NST=312, Nph=312, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp=
29°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A

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USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008yfbk

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