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USGS us2000j481

15 Jan 2019, 20:24

44 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 57.6 km depth.

Depth57.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated5 April 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 44 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru?

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-8.942200, -79.053300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000j481
Coordinates
-8.9422, -79.0533
Network
us
Significance
417