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USGS us10007sn1

11 Jan 2017, 21:58

90 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 72 km depth.

Depth72 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 90 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile?

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-22.821000, -69.803300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007sn1
Coordinates
-22.821, -69.8033
Network
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Significance
533