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USGS usp000gxgn

25 May 2009, 06:10

55 km W of Vallenar, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 48.8 km depth.

Depth48.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 55 km W of Vallenar, Chile?

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-28.519000, -71.321000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gxgn
Coordinates
-28.519, -71.321
Network
us
Significance
435