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Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Departamento de Itapua, 26 km east of Santa Rosa de Lima, Paraguay, on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 08:39 GMT

Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 750 km depth

15 Jul 08:50 UTC: First to report: USP after 11 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jul 15, 2019 08:39:10 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.1
Depth	750.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	26.8641°S / 56.59001°W (Departamento de Itapua, Paraguay)
Antipode	26.864°N / 123.41°E
Shaking intensity	Not felt
Felt
Primary data source	USP
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	26 km (16 mi) E of Santa Rosa de Lima (Santa Rosa, Misiones) (pop: 7,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NNW of General José Maria Delgado (Itapúa) (pop: 1,540) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) NNE of Santiago (Misiones) (pop: 2,140) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Santa Maria de Fe (Misiones) (pop: 2,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) W of San Pedro del Parana (Itapúa) (pop: 5,720) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) NW of Encarnacion (Itapúa) (pop: 75,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) NW of Posadas (Misiones, Argentina) (pop: 323,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 188 km (117 mi) SSE of Capiata (Central) (pop: 198,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 205 km (127 mi) SSE of Asuncion (Asunción) (pop: 1,482,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 248 km (154 mi) SW of Siudad del Este (Alto Paraná) (pop: 320,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.8 x 10¹² joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.1	750 km	Paraguay	USP

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile (LCO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 1406 km / 873 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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