Magnitude 5.8 - OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

2011 March 27 06:21:01 UTC

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Magnitude	5.8
Date-Time	Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 06:21:01 UTC Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 12:21:01 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	14.468°N, 92.346°W
Depth	86.8 km (53.9 miles)
Region	OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
Distances	49 km (30 miles) S of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico 98 km (60 miles) WSW of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala 133 km (82 miles) SW of Huehuetenango, Guatemala 909 km (564 miles) SE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 17.6 km (10.9 miles); depth +/- 8.2 km (5.1 miles)
Parameters	NST=372, Nph=397, Dmin=201.5 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp=126°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0002che

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