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USGS iscgem897773

24 Feb 1947, 17:31

5 km WNW of Mapiri, Bolivia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 20 km depth.

Depth20 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 5 km WNW of Mapiri, Bolivia?

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-15.228000, -68.215000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem897773

Coordinates

-15.228, -68.215

Network

iscgem

Significance

636