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USGS us20003m40

20 Sept 2015, 07:07

93 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 13.1 km depth.

Depth13.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 93 km W of Illapel, Chile?

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-31.676900, -72.156500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003m40
Coordinates
-31.6769, -72.1565
Network
us
Significance
400