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USGS usp000gz9a

15 Jul 2009, 16:21

128 km E of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 112.1 km depth.

Depth112.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 128 km E of Iquique, Chile?

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-20.353000, -68.927000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gz9a
Coordinates
-20.353, -68.927
Network
us
Significance
434