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USGS usp000j17r

8 May 2011, 21:46

58 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 209.6 km depth.

Depth209.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 58 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina?

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-23.183000, -66.248000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000j17r
Coordinates
-23.183, -66.248
Network
us
Significance
400