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USGS iscgem17197881
3 Sept 2011, 17:20
46 km SSW of Cañete, Chile
A magnitude 5.8 mw earthquake at 20 km depth.
Published location
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-38.167000, -73.651000
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Event ID
iscgem17197881
Coordinates
-38.167, -73.651
Network
iscgem
Significance
524