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USGS usp000bed7

12 Oct 2002, 21:09

108 km W of Tarauacá, Brazil

A magnitude 6.9 mwc earthquake at 534.3 km depth.

Depth534.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 108 km W of Tarauacá, Brazil?

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-8.295000, -71.738000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bed7
Coordinates
-8.295, -71.738
Network
us
Significance
732