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Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Chile-Bolivia Border Region on Monday, 7 January 2019

Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Chile-Bolivia Border Region on Monday, 7 January 2019
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 117.0 to 115.0 km.
Date & time: Mon, 7 Jan 13:43:30 UTC
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 115.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 19.68°S / 68.92°W (Chile)
Nearest volcano: Puchuldiza (29 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Mon, 7 Jan 2019
Mon, 7 Jan 13:43 UTCM 5.0 / 109 kmTARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Mon, 7 Jan 13:43 UTCM 5.0 / 104.2 km45 km al SE de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 7 Jan 13:43 UTCM 5.0 / 107.1 km- 146km ENE of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Mon, 7 Jan 13:43 UTCM 5.2 / 102.7 kmChile-Bolivia Border Region[Map]GeoAu

"I felt it" reports:
Arica (Chile) (186 km NW from epicenter)(no details): A saltos, igual que ayer pm. (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Mon, 7 Jan 14:11 UTCM 3.2 / 110.6 km - [info]58 km al SO de Colchane.[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 7 Jan 20:15 UTCM 2.8 / 91.2 km - [info]55 km al SE de Arica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 8 Jan 2019
Tue, 8 Jan 16:45 UTCM 3.0 / 98 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 8 Jan 22:32 UTCM 4.3 / 39 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Fri, 11 Jan 2019
Fri, 11 Jan 00:31 UTCM 2.6 / 43.3 km - [info]22 km al SE de Cuya[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Sun, 13 Jan 2019
Sun, 13 Jan 08:19 UTCM 2.9 / 64 km - [info]38 km al SO de Cuya[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Sun, 13 Jan 21:55 UTCM 3.3 / 89 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Mon, 14 Jan 2019
Mon, 14 Jan 18:08 UTCM 2.8 / 96.7 km - [info]40 km al S de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Wed, 16 Jan 13:15 UTCM 3.1 / 100.1 km - [info]24 km al NE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 16 Jan 21:35 UTCM 3.0 / 96 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 17 Jan 2019
Thu, 17 Jan 02:05 UTCM 2.8 / 103.8 km - [info]47 km al SE de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Thu, 17 Jan 04:55 UTCM 4.0 / 107 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 17 Jan 09:42 UTCM 3.6 / 109.3 km - [info]21 km al NE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 18 Jan 2019
Fri, 18 Jan 13:59 UTCM 2.9 / 94.4 km - [info]54 km al NO de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 18 Jan 17:42 UTCM 3.2 / 109 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 19 Jan 2019
Sat, 19 Jan 05:20 UTCM 3.6 / 90 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 19 Jan 14:51 UTCM 3.0 / 50.1 km - [info]28 km al SE de Pisagua[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 21 Jan 2019
Mon, 21 Jan 07:34 UTCM 3.5 / 106 km - [info]27 km al N de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 22 Jan 2019
Tue, 22 Jan 10:07 UTCM 2.8 / 85.1 km - [info]63 km al S de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 22 Jan 21:12 UTCM 2.7 / 97 km - [info]30 km al NE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 23 Jan 2019
Wed, 23 Jan 20:14 UTCM 2.7 / 54.2 km - [info]10 km al S de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 25 Jan 2019
Fri, 25 Jan 09:31 UTCM 4.4 / 143 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Fri, 25 Jan 09:48 UTCM 3.4 / 117.3 km - [info]52 km al N de Mina Collahuasi[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 25 Jan 22:32 UTCM 2.9 / 79.4 km - [info]9 km al SO de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Sat, 26 Jan 2019
Sat, 26 Jan 06:23 UTCM 2.9 / 95.1 km - [info]35 km al N de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Sat, 26 Jan 14:26 UTCM 4.2 / 69 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 26 Jan 23:44 UTCM 3.2 / 88 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 29 Jan 2019
Tue, 29 Jan 12:13 UTCM 3.1 / 91.7 km - [info]3 km al NE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 29 Jan 19:17 UTCM 2.6 / 85.9 km - [info]28 km al N de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 30 Jan 2019
Wed, 30 Jan 02:16 UTCM 2.7 / 103.7 km - [info]29 km al SE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 30 Jan 15:08 UTCM 3.1 / 40 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
Thu, 31 Jan 19:49 UTCM 4.2 / 100 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 31 Jan 20:45 UTCM 2.7 / 111.2 km - [info]37 km al NE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Thu, 31 Jan 23:30 UTCM 3.0 / 51 km - [info]11 km al NO de Iquique[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 1 Feb 2019
Fri, 1 Feb 00:10 UTCM 3.0 / 8 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Fri, 1 Feb 13:28 UTCM 2.7 / 90.5 km - [info]35 km al S de Pozo Almonte[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 1 Feb 15:04 UTCM 2.6 / 99.4 km - [info]34 km al NO de Mina Collahuasi[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 1 Feb 18:35 UTCM 3.1 / 102.3 km - [info]60 km al N de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 1 Feb 23:01 UTCM 3.2 / 104 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 2 Feb 2019
Sat, 2 Feb 21:08 UTCM 3.6 / 40 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Sat, 2 Feb 22:00 UTCM 2.7 / 112.3 km - [info]61 km al E de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Sun, 3 Feb 2019
Sun, 3 Feb 01:26 UTCM 3.6 / 142 km - [info]48 km al NO de Colchane.[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 4 Feb 2019
Mon, 4 Feb 10:43 UTCM 3.0 / 110.9 km - [info]35 km al NO de Mina Collahuasi[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Mon, 4 Feb 22:13 UTCM 2.8 / 13.3 km - [info]25 km al O de Cuya[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
Tue, 5 Feb 08:57 UTCM 2.6 / 99.6 km - [info]48 km al S de Camiña[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 5 Feb 20:14 UTCM 3.0 / 81 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Tue, 5 Feb 21:38 UTCM 3.0 / 59.3 km - [info]47 km al N de Pozo Almonte[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Tue, 5 Feb 22:17 UTCM 3.2 / 101 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Thu, 7 Feb 2019
Thu, 7 Feb 18:19 UTCM 2.9 / 104.2 km - [info]31 km al NO de Mina Collahuasi[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Fri, 8 Feb 2019
Fri, 8 Feb 11:43 UTCM 2.8 / 93.9 km - [info]31 km al SE de Pica[Map]GUG (U. Chile)

 

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