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USGS us6000j8cw

10 Dec 2022, 06:41

20 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 117 km depth.

Depth117 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 February 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile?

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-23.090600, -68.141900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000j8cw
Coordinates
-23.0906, -68.1419
Network
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Significance
488