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USGS usp000fvau

26 Dec 2007, 23:40

30 km E of Calama, Chile

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 106.6 km depth.

Depth106.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-22.450000, -68.627000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fvau
Coordinates
-22.45, -68.627
Network
us
Significance
465