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
30 Jan 20:30 UTC: First to report: USGS after 15 minutes.
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Date & time: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:15 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
(
Chile)
Nearest volcano:
Copiapo (180 km / 112 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:44 km (27 mi) N of Vallenar (pop: 44,900)
102 km (63 mi) SW of Copiapó (pop: 129,300)
197 km (122 mi) NE of La Serena (pop: 154,500)
587 km (365 mi) N of Santiago (pop: 4,837,300)
Primary data source:
USGS
Estimated released energy: 1 x 10
15 joules (278 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.4 x 10
5 tons of TNT or 14.9 atomic bombs!) [
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| Time | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source |
| Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTC | M 6.8 / 45.7 km | 43km N of Vallenar, Chile | USGS |
| Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTC | M 6.8 / 46 km | ATACAMA, CHILE | EMSC |
| Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTC | M 6.7 / 47 km | Central Chile | GFZ |
| Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTC | M 6.6 / 28 km | REPUBLICA DE CHILE (Argentina) | INPRES |
| Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTC | M 6.7 / 52.2 km | 46 km al NE de Huasco | GUG (U. Chile) |
| Wed, 30 Jan 20:15 UTC | M 6.8 / 46 km | Atacama, Chile | GeoAu |
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Darwin / Violent shaking (MMI IX) : 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 / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : light shaking, without any noise, for about 20-30 seconds.
Córdoba (Argentina, 742 km SE of epicenter) : dizziness (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the 6.8 quake: 43km N of Vallenar, Chile, 30 Jan 2013 20h15
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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 631 km
2 (=244 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 44 km (27 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the weeks and months following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the
map below to verify).
26 Jul 2013 15:56 UTC
| M 3.0 | 63 km (39.1 mi) depth
| 96 km (60 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details20 Jul 2013 22:29 UTC
| M 3.0 | 105 km (65.2 mi) depth
| 105 km (65 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details20 Jul 2013 01:16 UTC
| M 3.7 | 65 km (40.4 mi) depth
| 70 km (43 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details19 Jul 2013 14:11 UTC
| M 2.9 | 23.6 km (14.7 mi) depth
| 140 km (87 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details16 Jul 2013 19:28 UTC
| M 2.8 | 51 km (31.7 mi) depth
| 33 km (21 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details14 Jul 2013 21:56 UTC
| M 4.0 | 38 km (23.6 mi) depth
| 70 km (44 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details14 Jul 2013 16:44 UTC
| M 2.9 | 56.9 km (35.4 mi) depth
| 85 km (53 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details06 Jul 2013 14:26 UTC
| M 3.3 | 58 km (36 mi) depth
| 58 km (36 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details01 Jul 2013 21:19 UTC
| M 3.5 | 41 km (25.5 mi) depth
| 97 km (60 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details27 Jun 2013 09:17 UTC
| M 3.0 | 55 km (34.2 mi) depth
| 36 km (22 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details26 Jun 2013 15:47 UTC
| M 4.1 | 60 km (37.3 mi) depth
| 52 km (32 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details24 Jun 2013 08:55 UTC
| M 3.4 | 134 km (83.3 mi) depth
| 138 km (86 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details18 Jun 2013 15:51 UTC
| M 3.1 | 30 km (18.6 mi) depth
| 125 km (78 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details16 Jun 2013 01:19 UTC
| M 3.4 | 128 km (79.5 mi) depth
| 128 km (80 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details12 Jun 2013 20:47 UTC
| M 2.9 | 25.4 km (15.8 mi) depth
| 81 km (50 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details12 Jun 2013 20:19 UTC
| M 3.5 | 52 km (32.3 mi) depth
| 25 km (16 mi) distance
| EMSC | DetailsShow all
11 Jun 2013 10:58 UTC
| M 4.0 | 41.3 km (25.7 mi) depth
| 84 km (52 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details10 Jun 2013 01:51 UTC
| M 3.2 | 145 km (90.1 mi) depth
| 124 km (77 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details07 Jun 2013 08:26 UTC
| M 3.2 | 112 km (69.6 mi) depth
| 138 km (86 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details03 Jun 2013 10:31 UTC
| M 3.4 | 39.6 km (24.6 mi) depth
| 101 km (63 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details03 Jun 2013 00:21 UTC
| M 3.1 | 120 km (74.6 mi) depth
| 147 km (91 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details02 Jun 2013 04:55 UTC
| M 3.6 | 96 km (59.7 mi) depth
| 21 km (13 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details26 May 2013 22:37 UTC
| M 3.2 | 25 km (15.5 mi) depth
| 142 km (88 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details26 May 2013 20:48 UTC
| M 3.6 | 57 km (35.4 mi) depth
| 35 km (22 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details24 May 2013 18:26 UTC
| M 3.3 | 60 km (37.3 mi) depth
| 88 km (55 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details22 May 2013 17:55 UTC
| M 3.4 | 71 km (44.1 mi) depth
| 43 km (27 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details02 May 2013 02:25 UTC
| M 3.5 | 80 km (49.7 mi) depth
| 136 km (85 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Apr 2013 03:57 UTC
| M 4.9 | 95.1 km (59.1 mi) depth
| 75 km (47 mi) distance
| USGS | Details19 Apr 2013 23:10 UTC
| M 3.9 | 50 km (31.1 mi) depth
| 28 km (17 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details18 Apr 2013 11:43 UTC
| M 3.3 | 62 km (38.5 mi) depth
| 51 km (32 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details14 Apr 2013 08:48 UTC
| M 3.3 | 138 km (85.7 mi) depth
| 118 km (74 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details08 Apr 2013 18:51 UTC
| M 4.6 | 93 km (57.8 mi) depth
| 149 km (92 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details06 Apr 2013 07:36 UTC
| M 3.0 | 52 km (32.3 mi) depth
| 89 km (56 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details05 Apr 2013 22:25 UTC
| M 3.3 | 66 km (41 mi) depth
| 121 km (75 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details05 Apr 2013 09:56 UTC
| M 4.5 | 65 km (40.4 mi) depth
| 52 km (32 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details31 Mar 2013 13:11 UTC
| M 3.7 | 70 km (43.5 mi) depth
| 81 km (50 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details28 Mar 2013 09:31 UTC
| M 4.4 | 125 km (77.7 mi) depth
| 132 km (82 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details27 Mar 2013 13:45 UTC
| M 2.6 | 112 km (69.6 mi) depth
| 146 km (91 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details26 Mar 2013 00:12 UTC
| M 3.3 | 88 km (54.7 mi) depth
| 103 km (64 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details24 Mar 2013 23:13 UTC
| M 3.9 | 108 km (67.1 mi) depth
| 144 km (90 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details23 Mar 2013 20:26 UTC
| M 3.5 | 77 km (47.8 mi) depth
| 110 km (69 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details23 Mar 2013 14:37 UTC
| M 4.5 | 53 km (32.9 mi) depth
| 40 km (25 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details19 Mar 2013 11:41 UTC
| M 4.7 | 10 km (6.2 mi) depth
| 135 km (84 mi) distance
| USGS | Details18 Mar 2013 09:21 UTC
| M 3.6 | 58 km (36 mi) depth
| 128 km (79 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details16 Mar 2013 02:48 UTC
| M 2.7 | 49 km (30.4 mi) depth
| 147 km (91 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details15 Mar 2013 16:33 UTC
| M 3.4 | 83 km (51.6 mi) depth
| 140 km (87 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details02 Mar 2013 19:14 UTC
| M 3.6 | 35 km (21.7 mi) depth
| 50 km (31 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details01 Mar 2013 15:39 UTC
| M 3.9 | 49 km (30.4 mi) depth
| 8 km (5 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details01 Mar 2013 12:05 UTC
| M 3.6 | 65 km (40.4 mi) depth
| 145 km (90 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details28 Feb 2013 23:27 UTC
| M 4.0 | 74 km (46 mi) depth
| 121 km (75 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details26 Feb 2013 03:14 UTC
| M 4.8 | 39.1 km (24.3 mi) depth
| 91 km (56 mi) distance
| USGS | Details23 Feb 2013 07:38 UTC
| M 3.6 | 120 km (74.6 mi) depth
| 136 km (85 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details23 Feb 2013 04:21 UTC
| M 3.0 | 79 km (49.1 mi) depth
| 119 km (74 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details21 Feb 2013 07:00 UTC
| M 3.5 | 120 km (74.6 mi) depth
| 147 km (91 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details15 Feb 2013 20:43 UTC
| M 3.1 | 56 km (34.8 mi) depth
| 65 km (40 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details10 Feb 2013 10:53 UTC
| M 3.3 | 60 km (37.3 mi) depth
| 75 km (46 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details10 Feb 2013 07:08 UTC
| M 4.5 | 66.7 km (41.4 mi) depth
| 146 km (91 mi) distance
| USGS | Details09 Feb 2013 07:47 UTC
| M 3.2 | 55 km (34.2 mi) depth
| 87 km (54 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details08 Feb 2013 06:09 UTC
| M 3.4 | 196 km (121.8 mi) depth
| 148 km (92 mi) distance
| INPRES | Details05 Feb 2013 17:01 UTC
| M 2.7 | 12.7 km (7.9 mi) depth
| 85 km (53 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details05 Feb 2013 03:08 UTC
| M 4.1 | 38 km (23.6 mi) depth
| 76 km (47 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details05 Feb 2013 01:09 UTC
| M 3.9 | 86 km (53.4 mi) depth
| 12 km (7 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details04 Feb 2013 18:07 UTC
| M 4.0 | 41.3 km (25.7 mi) depth
| 45 km (28 mi) distance
| GUG (U. Chile) | Details03 Feb 2013 18:27 UTC
| M 3.2 | 140 km (87 mi) depth
| 97 km (60 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details01 Feb 2013 08:53 UTC
| M 3.4 | 37 km (23 mi) depth
| 32 km (20 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details01 Feb 2013 05:35 UTC
| M 3.7 | 49 km (30.4 mi) depth
| 21 km (13 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details31 Jan 2013 05:30 UTC
| M 4.0 | 52 km (32.3 mi) depth
| 12 km (8 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details31 Jan 2013 05:10 UTC
| M 4.6 | 46.1 km (28.6 mi) depth
| 19 km (12 mi) distance
| USGS | Details31 Jan 2013 04:15 UTC
| M 4.5 | 26.8 km (16.7 mi) depth
| 36 km (23 mi) distance
| USGS | Details31 Jan 2013 00:04 UTC
| M 4.5 | 40 km (24.9 mi) depth
| 11 km (7 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Jan 2013 23:15 UTC
| M 4.2 | 43 km (26.7 mi) depth
| 19 km (12 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Jan 2013 22:37 UTC
| M 3.0 | 40 km (24.9 mi) depth
| 1 km (1 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Jan 2013 22:16 UTC
| M 3.8 | 42 km (26.1 mi) depth
| 8 km (5 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Jan 2013 21:40 UTC
| M 3.8 | 70 km (43.5 mi) depth
| 14 km (9 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Jan 2013 20:55 UTC
| M 4.6 | 69 km (42.9 mi) depth
| 15 km (9 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details30 Jan 2013 20:40 UTC
| M 4.7 | 20 km (12.4 mi) depth
| 44 km (27 mi) distance
| EMSC | Details
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