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M6.7 earthquake - 44km N of Vallenar, Chile, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 at 20:15 (GMT)

Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - 43km N of Vallenar, Chile on Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - 43km N of Vallenar, Chile on Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Date & time: Wed, 30 Jan 20:15:43 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:15 (America/Santiago)
Magnitude: 6.8
Depth: 45.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 28.1812°S / 70.8002°W
Nearest volcano: Copiapo (180 km)
Primary data source: USGS
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience with us and submit a short "I felt it" report.
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 30 Jan
Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTCM 6.8 / 46 kmATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTCM 6.7 / 47 kmCentral Chile[Map]GFZ
Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTCM 6.6 / 28 kmREPUBLICA DE CHILE (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTCM 6.7 / 52.2 km46 km al NE de Huasco[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTCM 6.8 / 46 kmAtacama, Chile[Map]GeoAu

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Darwin / MMI IX (Violent shaking): Im an australian who was working in vallenar at the time of this earthquake I was pulling up to a local shop and the time of the earthquake was amazing the amount of shaking and seeing the road moving!
Olmue, Chile / MMI II (Very weak shaking): light shaking, without any noise, for about 20-30 seconds.
Córdoba (Argentina) (742 km SE from epicenter)(no details): dizziness (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 30 Jan 20:40 UTCM 4.7 / 20 km - [info] (170 km)OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 20:55 UTCM 4.6 / 69 km - [info] (158 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 21:40 UTCM 3.8 / 70 km - [info] (181 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 22:16 UTCM 3.8 / 42 km - [info] (184 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 22:37 UTCM 3.0 / 40 km - [info] (191 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 30 Jan 23:15 UTCM 4.2 / 43 km - [info] (174 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan
Thu, 31 Jan 00:04 UTCM 4.5 / 40 km - [info] (189 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan 04:15 UTCM 4.5 / 26.8 km - [info] (190 km)78km NNW of Vallenar, Chile[Map]USGS
Thu, 31 Jan 05:10 UTCM 4.6 / 46.1 km - [info] (196 km)59km NNW of Vallenar, Chile[Map]USGS
Thu, 31 Jan 05:30 UTCM 4.0 / 52 km - [info] (186 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Feb
Fri, 1 Feb 05:35 UTCM 3.7 / 49 km - [info] (172 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Feb 08:53 UTCM 3.4 / 37 km - [info] (202 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sun, 3 Feb
Sun, 3 Feb 18:27 UTCM 3.2 / 140 km - [info] (232 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Mon, 4 Feb
Mon, 4 Feb 18:07 UTCM 4.0 / 41.3 km - [info] (153 km)67 km al N de Alto del Carmen[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 5 Feb
Tue, 5 Feb 01:09 UTCM 3.9 / 86 km - [info] (203 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 5 Feb 03:08 UTCM 4.1 / 38 km - [info] (135 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 5 Feb 17:01 UTCM 2.7 / 12.7 km - [info] (131 km)17 km al SO de Copiapó[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Thu, 7 Feb
Thu, 7 Feb 19:31 UTCM 3.4 / 114 km - [info] (90 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Fri, 8 Feb
Fri, 8 Feb 06:09 UTCM 3.4 / 196 km - [info] (174 km)SAN JUAN (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Sat, 9 Feb
Sat, 9 Feb 06:06 UTCM 3.1 / 95 km - [info] (50 km)CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA[Map]EMSC
Sat, 9 Feb 07:47 UTCM 3.2 / 55 km - [info] (209 km)OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 9 Feb 07:49 UTCM 3.8 / 61 km - [info] (205 km)OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Feb
Sun, 10 Feb 10:53 UTCM 3.3 / 60 km - [info] (238 km)OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 12 Feb
Tue, 12 Feb 00:51 UTCM 3.2 / 111 km - [info] (203 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Tue, 12 Feb 21:52 UTCM 4.0 / 131 km - [info] (117 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Fri, 15 Feb
Fri, 15 Feb 20:43 UTCM 3.1 / 56 km - [info] (213 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 16 Feb
Sat, 16 Feb 14:14 UTCM 2.6 / 114 km - [info] (189 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Mon, 18 Feb
Mon, 18 Feb 00:37 UTCM 3.8 / 116 km - [info] (167 km)SAN JUAN (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Thu, 21 Feb
Thu, 21 Feb 07:00 UTCM 3.5 / 120 km - [info] (49 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 23 Feb
Sat, 23 Feb 07:38 UTCM 3.6 / 120 km - [info] (81 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Feb
Tue, 26 Feb 03:14 UTCM 4.8 / 39.1 km - [info] (211 km)92km W of Copiapo, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 27 Feb
Wed, 27 Feb 14:17 UTCM 3.7 / 145 km - [info] (67 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 28 Feb
Thu, 28 Feb 23:27 UTCM 4.0 / 74 km - [info] (304 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Mar
Fri, 1 Mar 12:05 UTCM 3.6 / 65 km - [info] (129 km)LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Mar 15:39 UTCM 3.9 / 49 km - [info] (199 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 2 Mar
Sat, 2 Mar 19:14 UTCM 3.6 / 35 km - [info] (154 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sun, 10 Mar
Sun, 10 Mar 02:51 UTCM 4.1 / 117 km - [info] (170 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Tue, 19 Mar
Tue, 19 Mar 11:41 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info] (74 km)103km SE of Copiapo, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 20 Mar
Wed, 20 Mar 19:52 UTCM 3.4 / 125 km - [info] (96 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Sat, 23 Mar
Sat, 23 Mar 14:37 UTCM 4.5 / 53 km - [info] (217 km)OFFSHORE ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 23 Mar 20:26 UTCM 3.5 / 77 km - [info] (289 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sun, 24 Mar
Sun, 24 Mar 08:48 UTCM 2.6 / 12 km - [info] (105 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Sun, 24 Mar 23:13 UTCM 3.9 / 108 km - [info] (134 km)SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA[Map]EMSC
Tue, 26 Mar
Tue, 26 Mar 00:12 UTCM 3.3 / 88 km - [info] (139 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 27 Mar
Wed, 27 Mar 13:45 UTCM 2.6 / 112 km - [info] (189 km)SAN JUAN (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Thu, 28 Mar
Thu, 28 Mar 09:31 UTCM 4.4 / 125 km - [info] (222 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 30 Mar
Sat, 30 Mar 19:40 UTCM 3.5 / 128 km - [info] (167 km)SAN JUAN (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Sun, 31 Mar
Sun, 31 Mar 04:02 UTCM 3.2 / 110 km - [info] (156 km)LA RIOJA (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Sun, 31 Mar 13:11 UTCM 3.7 / 70 km - [info] (206 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 4 Apr
Thu, 4 Apr 06:37 UTCM 3.3 / 135 km - [info] (53 km)ATACAMA, CHILE[Map]EMSC

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