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USGS us20002nkt

10 Jun 2015, 14:52

50 km E of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 124 km depth.

Depth124 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 50 km E of Calama, Chile?

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-22.400000, -68.432300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20002nkt
Coordinates
-22.4, -68.4323
Network
us
Significance
564