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USGS iscgemsup871527

26 Jan 1964, 09:09

14 km WNW of Cerro Verde, Peru

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 117.7 km depth.

Depth117.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 14 km WNW of Cerro Verde, Peru?

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-16.402000, -71.744000

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M 6.5

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M 6.45

48 km SW of Islay (Matarani), Peru

M 6.43

5 km WNW of Mapiri, Bolivia

M 6.3

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup871527
Coordinates
-16.402, -71.744
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
648