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USGS iscgem897319

11 May 1948, 09:55

1 km SW of Cairani, Peru

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 58.7 km depth.

Depth58.7 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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-17.298000, -70.373000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem897319
Coordinates
-17.298, -70.373
Network
iscgem
Significance
646