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USGS usp000hhjy

5 Aug 2010, 07:01

6 km NE of Curanilahue, Chile

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 18 km depth.

Depth18 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 6 km NE of Curanilahue, Chile?

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-37.443000, -73.281000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hhjy
Coordinates
-37.443, -73.281
Network
us
Significance
569