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Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 162 km southeast of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, on Tuesday, February 14, 1995 at 15:53 GMT

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 162 km southeast of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, on Tuesday, February 14, 1995 at 15:53 GMT Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 162 km southeast of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, on Tuesday, February 14, 1995 at 15:53 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 147 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & timeFeb 14, 1995 15:53:55 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude6
Depth147.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude23.366°S / 67.688°W (Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile)
Antipode23.366°N / 112.312°E
Shaking intensityLight shaking near epicenter
Felt0 reports
Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcanoLascar (4 km / 2 mi)
Nearby towns and cities73 km (45 mi) SE of San Pedro de Atacama (pop: 2,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
162 km (101 mi) SE of Calama (pop: 143,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
258 km (160 mi) SW of Villazon (Modesto Omiste, Potosí, Bolivia) (pop: 30,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
260 km (162 mi) WNW of Jujuy (Argentina) (pop: 305,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
271 km (168 mi) WNW of Palpala (Jujuy, Argentina) (pop: 48,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
278 km (173 mi) E of Antofagasta (pop: 309,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
280 km (174 mi) WNW of Salta (Argentina) (pop: 512,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
294 km (183 mi) ESE of Tocopilla (pop: 24,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
300 km (186 mi) W of Libertador General San Martin (Jujuy, Argentina) (pop: 49,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
433 km (269 mi) SE of Iquique (Tarapacá) (pop: 227,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.0147 kmAntofagasta, ChileUSGS
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User reports for this quake

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There are no user reports for this quake.

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Aug 10, 1995 12:48
28 years ago
4.5

118 km
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