Earthquake details

Saturday, January 28, 2012 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southern East Pacific Rise on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 04:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Castro, about 3187.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -110.517 and latitude -36.793.

Magnitude 5.6
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -36.793, -110.517
UTC time 2012-01-28 04:43:41.030
Location southern East Pacific Rise
Country southern East Pacific Rise
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2012-01-28

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