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Magnitude 5.2 - TARAPACA, CHILE

2008 January 22 09:09:28 UTC

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Magnitude

5.2

Date-Time

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 09:09:28 UTC

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 06:09:28 AM at epicenter

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Location

19.790°S, 69.877°W

Depth

48.5 km (30.1 miles)

Region

TARAPACA, CHILE

Distances

55 km (35 miles) NNE of
Iquique, Chile
150 km (95 miles) SSE of Arica,
Chile
200 km (125 miles) S of Tacna, Peru
1515 km (940
miles) N of SANTIAGO, Chile

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 11.6 km (7.2 miles); depth +/- 12.3 km (7.6
miles)

Parameters

Nst= 82, Nph= 82, Dmin=328 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Gp=137°,
M-type=body
magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008mmai

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