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USGS usb000m8x1

27 Jan 2014, 16:42

40 km E of Padilla, Bolivia

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 600.2 km depth.

Depth600.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-19.259200, -63.918900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000m8x1
Coordinates
-19.2592, -63.9189
Network
us
Significance
482