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USGS usp000eh47

14 May 2006, 18:05

154 km N of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 109.1 km depth.

Depth109.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 154 km N of Calama, Chile?

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-21.074000, -68.710000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eh47
Coordinates
-21.074, -68.71
Network
us
Significance
416