Earthquake details

Thursday, December 9, 1999 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southern East Pacific Rise on Thursday, December 9, 1999 at 08:34 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Castro, about 2998.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -106.943 and latitude -34.556.

Magnitude 5.4
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -34.556, -106.943
UTC time 1999-12-09 08:34:10.070
Location southern East Pacific Rise
Country southern East Pacific Rise
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1999-12-09

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