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USGS usp000eune

7 Oct 2006, 17:32

272 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 40.2 km depth.

Depth40.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 272 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile?

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-45.701000, -76.288000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eune
Coordinates
-45.701, -76.288
Network
us
Significance
400