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Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - 136km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sunday, 31 March 2013

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - 136km ESE of Iquique, Chile on Sunday, 31 March 2013###QUAKECOMMENTS###
Date & time: Sun, 31 Mar 01:43:37 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:43 (America/Santiago)
Magnitude: ###MAG###
Depth: ###DEPTH### km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 20.5567°S / 68.8872°W [Map]
Nearest volcano: Irruputuncu (40 km)
Primary data source: ###SOURCE###
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