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USGS usp000aegj

6 May 2001, 06:59

31 km E of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 52.2 km depth.

Depth52.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 31 km E of La Ligua, Chile?

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-32.451000, -70.899000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000aegj
Coordinates
-32.451, -70.899
Network
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Significance
416