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USGS us10008kcn

24 Apr 2017, 22:58

39 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 17.1 km depth.

Depth17.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 July 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 39 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile?

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-33.135400, -72.038400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10008kcn
Coordinates
-33.1354, -72.0384
Network
us
Significance
387