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USGS usp000gs3f

3 Jan 2009, 21:15

8 km NW of Colonia Dora, Argentina

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 627.1 km depth.

Depth627.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km NW of Colonia Dora, Argentina?

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-28.540000, -63.011000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gs3f
Coordinates
-28.54, -63.011
Network
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Significance
400