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USGS usp000ggap

3 Sept 2008, 12:25

32 km N of El Hoyo, Argentina

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 569.6 km depth.

Depth569.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-26.736000, -63.225000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ggap
Coordinates
-26.736, -63.225
Network
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Significance
611