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USGS us10006c1k

8 Aug 2016, 13:24

46 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 October 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 46 km W of Illapel, Chile?

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-31.586500, -71.653700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006c1k
Coordinates
-31.5865, -71.6537
Network
us
Significance
385