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USGS iscgem853904

17 Sept 1965, 12:13

58 km E of Puyo, Ecuador

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 185.9 km depth.

Depth185.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-1.443000, -77.476000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem853904
Coordinates
-1.443, -77.476
Network
iscgem
Significance
654