Leve terremoto magnitud 4.7 - Tinogasta Department, 137 km E of Copiapo, Atacama, Chile, jueves, 13 dic. 2018

Leve terremoto magnitud 4.7 - Tinogasta Department, 137 km E of Copiapo, Atacama, Chile, jueves, 13 dic. 2018

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 97 km depth

13 Dec 04:09 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 5 minutos.
Dec 13 04:13: Magnitud recalculada de 4.9 a 4.7.
Profundidad recalculada de 53.0 a 97.0 km.
Fecha & hora: 13 Dec 2018 04:04:28 UTC
Magnitud: 4.7
Profundidad: 97.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 27.59°S / 68.97°W (Tinogasta Department, Región de Atacama, Chile)
Volcán mas cercano: Copiapo (44 km / 27 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
137 km al E de Copiapó (Atacama) (pop: 129,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
148 km al ONO de Tinogasta (Catamarca, Argentina) (pop: 14,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
173 km al SE de Diego de Almagro (Atacama) (pop: 18,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
207 km al ENE de Vallenar (Atacama) (pop: 44,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
227 km al NO de Chilecito (La Rioja, Argentina) (pop: 42,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
290 km al NO de Ciudad de La Rioja (Argentina) (pop: 162,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
340 km al NE de La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
350 km al NE de Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 161,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
399 km al NNE de Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
672 km al NNE de Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.797 kmChile-Argentina Border RegionGFZ
M 4.61 km CATAMARCA, ARGENTINAEMSC
M 4.6107 km- 114km ESE of Copiapo, ChileUSGS
M 4.999 kmNorthern ChileGeoAu
M 4.8111 km98 km al E de Tierra AmarillaGUG (U. Chile)

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