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USGS us20003k8b

16 Sept 2015, 23:59

54 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 6.4 mb earthquake at 26.7 km depth.

Depth26.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 54 km W of Illapel, Chile?

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-31.618000, -71.745000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003k8b
Coordinates
-31.618, -71.745
Network
us
Significance
634