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USGS usp000hm20

22 Sept 2010, 09:00

6 km ENE of Chincha Alta, Peru

A magnitude 5.7 mwb earthquake at 50 km depth.

Depth50 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 6 km ENE of Chincha Alta, Peru?

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-13.390000, -76.073000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hm20
Coordinates
-13.39, -76.073
Network
us
Significance
538