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USGS usp000htfu

22 Jan 2011, 02:06

7 km WSW of Pangoa, Peru

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 33.5 km depth.

Depth33.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km WSW of Pangoa, Peru?

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-12.149000, -73.060000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000htfu
Coordinates
-12.149, -73.06
Network
us
Significance
385