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USGS usp000h6cq

20 Jan 2010, 06:05

26 km N of El Hoyo, Argentina

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 559.9 km depth.

Depth559.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 26 km N of El Hoyo, Argentina?

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-26.789000, -63.214000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h6cq
Coordinates
-26.789, -63.214
Network
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Significance
449