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USGS usp000aemm

8 May 2001, 19:41

77 km WNW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 142.4 km depth.

Depth142.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km WNW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia?

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-17.495000, -69.049000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000aemm
Coordinates
-17.495, -69.049
Network
us
Significance
385