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1/20/2023 Santiago del Estoro, Argentina 6.8

Earthquake Details Seismogram Explanation
Location: Santiago del Estoro, Argentina P-wave: 22:20:09 UTC; 4:20:09 pm CST
Date: January 20, 2023 S-wave: 22:28:49 UTC; 4:28:49 pm CST
Time: 22:09:39 UTC; 4:09:39 pm CST The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.
Latitude: 26.71 S The horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.
Longitude: 63.04 W The beginning of the file is the origin of the event.
Magnitude: 6.8 Mw This was an extremely deep event, hence the lack of surface waves.
Depth: 630.5 km
Distance:   73.44 degrees (~4,971  miles from Milwaukee)

 

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