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USGS us100040mw

24 Nov 2015, 09:14

92 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 10.1 km depth.

Depth10.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 92 km WSW of Illapel, Chile?

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-31.801400, -72.126600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100040mw
Coordinates
-31.8014, -72.1266
Network
us
Significance
385