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Tacora volcano

stratovolcano 5980 m / 19,619 ft, Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America, -17.72°S / -69.77°W
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (1 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Fri, 20 Sep 10:45 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Tue, 17 Sep 2019
Tue, 17 Sep 05:55 UTCM 2.8 / 134.5 km - [info]Tacora (13 km) 38 km al SO de Visviri (Chile)
[Map]		GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1*10^9 J (278 KWh / 0.239 tons of TNT) [learn more]

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