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Mexico earthquake epicenter

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Map shows land and ocean with 3-D features of relief and depth and labeled locations such as cities and earthquake epicenter.
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Map shows location of earthquake epicenter (star). km, kilometers; mi, miles.

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Tsunami and Earthquake Research

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