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USGS us10003iu6

17 Sept 2015, 00:42

56 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 17.2 km depth.

Depth17.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 December 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile?

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-31.048500, -71.485300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10003iu6
Coordinates
-31.0485, -71.4853
Network
us
Significance
400