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Magnitude 5.2 - OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

2008 January 02 08:42:29 UTC

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Magnitude

5.2

Date-Time

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 at 08:42:29 UTC

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 at 05:42:29 AM at epicenter

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Location

23.002°S, 70.388°W

Depth

24.8 km (15.4 miles) set by location program

Region

OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Distances

70 km (45 miles) N of
Antofagasta, Chile
105 km (65 miles) S of Tocopilla,
Chile
160 km (100 miles) WSW of Calama, Chile
1155 km
(720 miles) N of SANTIAGO, Chile

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 12.6 km (7.8 miles); depth fixed by location
program

Parameters

Nst= 53, Nph= 53, Dmin=157.5 km, Rmss=1 sec, Gp=158°,
M-type=body
magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC
(WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2008lsaj

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