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USGS usp000hkar

6 Sept 2010, 04:20

2 km NW of Cañete, Chile

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 39.3 km depth.

Depth39.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km NW of Cañete, Chile?

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-37.785000, -73.423000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hkar
Coordinates
-37.785, -73.423
Network
us
Significance
393