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USGS us2000hb2g

8 Sept 2018, 15:38

34 km WSW of El Alto, Peru

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 34 km WSW of El Alto, Peru?

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-4.367400, -81.514400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000hb2g
Coordinates
-4.3674, -81.5144
Network
us
Significance
400