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USGS usp000hq8g

28 Nov 2010, 08:19

62 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 41.9 km depth.

Depth41.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 62 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile?

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-34.672000, -72.043000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hq8g
Coordinates
-34.672, -72.043
Network
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Significance
432