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Tsunami magnitude 8 near near the coast of central Peru

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	Location	near the coast of central Peru
	Magnitude (Richter)	8
	Lat/Lon	-13.3581, -76.5224
	Event date	Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:40 UTC

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Initial conditions, fault geometry and calculation time.

	Fault Lenght	158 km
	Fault Width	44 km
	Fault Height	3.16 m
	Fault Angle	123.69 km
	Bathymetry cell size	2.64 min
	CPU Time	31 min

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The requested point is close to an existing grid point. (confidence level of 0, based on the difference between the requested and the available initial conditions; a low value indicates an accurate calculation.)

	Location	near the coast of central Peru
	Magnitude (Richter)	8
	Lat/Lon	-13.3581, -76.5224

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