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USGS us20003kgd
17 Sept 2015, 05:08
51 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 29.2 km depth.
Published location
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-30.813000, -71.679600
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Event ID
us20003kgd
Coordinates
-30.813, -71.6796
Network
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Significance
385