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USGS usp000eg2n

2 May 2006, 14:58

133 km W of Copiapó, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 31.8 km depth.

Depth31.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 133 km W of Copiapó, Chile?

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-27.442000, -71.683000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eg2n
Coordinates
-27.442, -71.683
Network
us
Significance
416