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USGS us10006r20

20 Sept 2016, 14:24

73 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 127.4 km depth.

Depth127.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 December 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 73 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile?

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-23.576200, -68.182800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006r20
Coordinates
-23.5762, -68.1828
Network
us
Significance
385