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USGS us10003j4b
17 Sept 2015, 01:50
101 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-31.667400, -72.239400
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Event ID
us10003j4b
Coordinates
-31.6674, -72.2394
Network
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Significance
385