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USGS usp000cu1z

3 May 2004, 05:36

11 km N of Cañete, Chile

A magnitude 6.6 mwb earthquake at 21 km depth.

Depth21 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 11 km N of Cañete, Chile?

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-37.695000, -73.406000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cu1z
Coordinates
-37.695, -73.406
Network
us
Significance
670