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USGS usp000ghdz

20 Sept 2008, 15:43

9 km N of Atico, Peru

A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 40.5 km depth.

Depth40.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-16.125000, -73.630000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ghdz
Coordinates
-16.125, -73.63
Network
us
Significance
449