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Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - 56km W of Iquique, Chile on Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - 56km W of Iquique, Chile on Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Date & time: Wed, 2 Apr 00:33:45 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 19:33:45
Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 12.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 20.2493°S / 70.6874°W (Chile)
Nearest volcano: Puchuldiza (202 km)
Primary data source: USGS
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 2 Apr 2014
Wed, 2 Apr 00:33 UTCM 5.5 / 20 kmNear Coast of Northern Chile[Map]GFZ
Wed, 2 Apr 00:33 UTCM 5.5 / 10 kmOFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 00:33 UTCM 5.2 / 33.2 km70 km al O de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)

shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 2 Apr 00:37 UTCM 5.4 / 21.5 km - [info]46km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 00:57 UTCM 4.7 / 32.8 km - [info]59km NW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 01:20 UTCM 5.3 / 10 km - [info]111km NW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 01:22 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]64km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 01:29 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info]75km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 01:35 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]76km W of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 02:11 UTCM 4.3 / 36 km - [info]OFF COAST OF TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 02:23 UTCM 4.5 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Northern Chile[Map]GFZ
Wed, 2 Apr 02:23 UTCM 3.9 / 42 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 02:27 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info]113km SSW of Arica, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 02:32 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]100km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 02:40 UTCM 3.4 / 36 km - [info]71 km al SO de Cuya[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 02:52 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]108km SSW of Arica, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 03:04 UTCM 4.5 / 42 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 03:20 UTCM 4.5 / 10 km - [info]near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 03:23 UTCM 4.3 / 38 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 03:37 UTCM 3.9 / 19.9 km - [info]59 km al NO de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 03:40 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info]89km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 03:51 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]94km NNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 04:01 UTCM 3.7 / 40 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 04:13 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]88km NW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 04:16 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]82km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 04:19 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]93km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 04:46 UTCM 5.8 / 10 km - [info]74km W of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 04:54 UTCM 3.9 / 2 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 04:58 UTCM 4.2 / 42 km - [info]TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 05:02 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]115km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 05:02 UTCM 5.7 / 51 km - [info]Near Coast of Northern Chile[Map]GFZ
Wed, 2 Apr 05:09 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]55km WSW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 05:22 UTCM 3.9 / 45.5 km - [info]105 km al NO de Iquique[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 05:23 UTCM 4.4 / 29 km - [info]4.4 OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 05:32 UTCM 3.7 / 41 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 05:39 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info]4.6 OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 05:46 UTCM 4.5 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 05:51 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]93km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 05:57 UTCM 4.6 / 38 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 06:04 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]70km NNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 06:19 UTCM 3.7 / 32 km - [info]OFF COAST OF TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 06:20 UTCM 3.5 / 37 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 06:26 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Northern Chile[Map]GFZ
Wed, 2 Apr 06:26 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 06:29 UTCM 5.2 / 10 km - [info]77km W of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 06:29 UTCM 4.7 / 42.7 km - [info]88 km al O de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 06:50 UTCM 4.3 / 41 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 06:52 UTCM 3.9 / 40.6 km - [info]31 km al O de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 07:03 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]27km WNW of Iquique, Chile[Map]USGS
Wed, 2 Apr 07:03 UTCM 4.6 / 45.7 km - [info]13 km al N de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 07:23 UTCM 4.5 / 31 km - [info]OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE[Map]EMSC
Wed, 2 Apr 07:24 UTCM 4.5 / 36.9 km - [info]30 km al O de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 07:48 UTCM 3.5 / 10 km - [info]42 km al NO de Alto Hospicio[Map]GUG (U. Chile)

 

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