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USGS usp000gywm

3 Jul 2009, 11:04

17 km W of Chaparral, Colombia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 51.9 km depth.

Depth51.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 17 km W of Chaparral, Colombia?

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3.737000, -75.642000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gywm
Coordinates
3.737, -75.642
Network
us
Significance
422