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USGS usp000jd9r

9 Jan 2012, 21:30

36 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 21.4 km depth.

Depth21.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile?

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-32.573000, -71.594000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jd9r
Coordinates
-32.573, -71.594
Network
us
Significance
547