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Date: February 21, 2024 at 04:32:53
From: sher, [DNS_Address]
Subject: M 4.6 - 7 km WNW of Mataquescuintla, Guatemala

URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m0iw/executive


Seems like this was fairly deep?

M 4.6 - 7 km WNW of Mataquescuintla, Guatemala
2024-02-21 11:01:08 (UTC)14.553°N 90.247°W241.4 km depth


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Date: February 21, 2024 at 12:13:56
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 4.6 - 7 km WNW of Mataquescuintla, Guatemala

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadati%E2%80%93Benioff_zone


yes, it was. Probably in the Benioff zone on the
descending slab where a phase shift happens (it starts
to melt, become more plastic). You see the real deep
ones in these zones.


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97811

Date: February 21, 2024 at 14:18:17
From: sher, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 4.6 - 7 km WNW of Mataquescuintla, Guatemala


Thank you Redhart for this information!


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