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USGS usp000feg1

21 Jun 2007, 10:54

13 km S of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 45 km depth.

Depth45 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 13 km S of Illapel, Chile?

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-31.755000, -71.157000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000feg1
Coordinates
-31.755, -71.157
Network
us
Significance
400