Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Provincia de Antofagasta, 112 km south of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, on Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 16:27 (GMT)
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Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 89 km depth
16 Dec 16:32 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
Dec 16 16:35: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 87.0 to 89.0 km.
Dec 16 16:35: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 87.0 to 89.0 km.
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 89.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 23.41°S / 69.29°W
(Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile)Nearest volcano: La Negrillar (120 km / 75 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
112 km (70 mi) SSW of Calama (pop: 143,100) --> See nearby quakes!
116 km (72 mi) ENE of Antofagasta (pop: 309,800) --> See nearby quakes!
124 km (77 mi) WSW of San Pedro de Atacama (pop: 2,000) --> See nearby quakes!
174 km (108 mi) SSE of Tocopilla (pop: 24,500) --> See nearby quakes!
253 km (157 mi) NNE of Taltal (Antofagasta) (pop: 10,000) --> See nearby quakes!
338 km (210 mi) NNE of Diego de Almagro (Atacama) (pop: 18,100) --> See nearby quakes!
366 km (228 mi) SSE of Iquique (Tarapacá) (pop: 227,500) --> See nearby quakes!
407 km (253 mi) WSW of Villazon (Modesto Omiste, Potosí, Bolivia) (pop: 30,300) --> See nearby quakes!
422 km (262 mi) WNW of Salta (Argentina) (pop: 512,700) --> See nearby quakes!
1125 km (699 mi) N of Santiago (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.0 | 89 km | Northern Chile | GFZ |
| M 4.9 | 82 km | ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE | EMSC |
| M 5.0 | 89 km | 51 km al E de Baquedano | GUG (U. Chile) |
| M 4.8 | 83 km | - 110km SSW of Calama, Chile | USGS |
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Calama (111.2 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
111.2 km NNE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Antucoya (103.9 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Un baiben suave acostumbrado a estos temblores pequeños (reported through our app)
Calama / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Antofagasta / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Sierra Gorda (Chile, 66 km NW of epicenter) : Fuerte acá en Sierra gorda (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake Provincia de Antofagasta, 112 km south of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, 16 December 2018 16:27 GMT
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):- 06 Jan 2019 08:07 UTC| M 3.9 |94.2 km (58.5 mi) depth|17 km (11 mi) distance| GUG (U. Chile) | Details
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