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Magnitude 5.1 - NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU

2007 March 26 02:47:00 UTC

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Magnitude

5.1

Date-Time

Monday, March 26, 2007 at 02:47:00 (UTC)
= Coordinated
Universal Time

Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 9:47:00 PM
= local time at
epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

17.076°S, 72.466°W

Depth

28.8 km (17.9 miles)

Region

NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU

Distances

125 km (75 miles) SW of
Arequipa, Peru
165 km (100 miles) W of Moquegua,
Peru
255 km (160 miles) WNW of Tacna, Peru
740 km (460
miles) SE of LIMA, Peru

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 16.9 km (10.5 miles); depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8
miles)

Parameters

Nst=119, Nph=119, Dmin=733.6 km, Rmss=1 sec, Gp=198°,
M-type=body
magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event
ID

us2007ajae

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