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Magnitude 5.7 - ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

2007 December 26 23:40:52 UTC

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Magnitude

5.7

Date-Time

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 23:40:52 UTC

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 08:40:52 PM at epicenter

Location

22.336°S, 68.309°W

Depth

96.9 km (60.2 miles)

Region

ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Distances

65 km (41 miles) ENE (74°) from Calama, Chile

259 km (161 miles) NE (56°) from Antofagasta, Chile

299 km (186 miles) SE (141°) from Iquique, Chile

1130 km (702 miles) WNW (284°) from ASUNCION, Paraguay

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 9.5 km (5.9 miles); depth +/- 8.8 km (5.5 miles)

Parameters

Nst=142, Nph=142, Dmin=69.1 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 76°,
M-type=body
magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

U.S. Geological Survey, National
Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center
for Seismology, Denver

Event
ID

us2007lja8

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