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USGS us70009eqd

12 May 2020, 16:10

37 km WNW of Paramonga, Peru

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 73.2 km depth.

Depth73.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 July 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 37 km WNW of Paramonga, Peru?

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-10.593900, -78.170500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70009eqd
Coordinates
-10.5939, -78.1705
Network
us
Significance
393