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USGS us20003l3e

18 Sept 2015, 05:24

Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 5.7 km depth.

Depth5.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 December 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile?

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-31.361100, -72.030200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003l3e
Coordinates
-31.3611, -72.0302
Network
us
Significance
385