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USGS us7000j1u6

1 Jan 2023, 18:26

southern East Pacific Rise

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated11 March 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern East Pacific Rise?

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-56.241500, -123.534300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000j1u6
Coordinates
-56.2415, -123.5343
Network
us
Significance
518