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USGS usb000rwqe

23 Jul 2014, 22:39

153 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 118.7 km depth.

Depth118.7 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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-20.226700, -68.677600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000rwqe
Coordinates
-20.2267, -68.6776
Network
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Significance
482