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USGS usp000hxkr

17 Mar 2011, 00:55

36 km W of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 30.8 km depth.

Depth30.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km W of La Ligua, Chile?

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-32.500000, -71.610000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hxkr
Coordinates
-32.5, -71.61
Network
us
Significance
422