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USGS usp000h721

7 Feb 2010, 17:09

90 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 238.9 km depth.

Depth238.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 90 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina?

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-23.225000, -66.564000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h721
Coordinates
-23.225, -66.564
Network
us
Significance
482