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USGS us20007zam

8 Dec 2016, 20:42

60 km W of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 mwr earthquake at 41.2 km depth.

Depth41.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 60 km W of Illapel, Chile?

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-31.548000, -71.798000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007zam
Coordinates
-31.548, -71.798
Network
us
Significance
423