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USGS us6000h4z7

16 Mar 2022, 06:06

10 km SW of Madrigal, Peru

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 12.3 km depth.

Depth12.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km SW of Madrigal, Peru?

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-15.670300, -71.884300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000h4z7
Coordinates
-15.6703, -71.8843
Network
us
Significance
470