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USGS usp000ceam

2 Dec 2003, 00:18

84 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 119.9 km depth.

Depth119.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 84 km N of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile?

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-22.154000, -68.072000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ceam
Coordinates
-22.154, -68.072
Network
us
Significance
400