Terremoto leve mag. 4.1 - Tamarugal, 162 km ESE of Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, martes, 12 ene. 2021 -

Terremoto leve mag. 4.1 - Tamarugal, 162 km ESE of Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, martes, 12 ene. 2021

Terremoto leve magnitud 4.1 at 104 km depth

12 Jan 08:11 UTC: Primero en informar: EMSC después de 17 minutos.
12 Jan 08:16: Ahora usando una nueva fuente de datos: GUG (U. Chile)
Fecha & hora: 12 Jan 2021 07:55:12 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: martes, 12 ene 2021 04:55 (GMT -3)
Magnitud: 4.1
Profundidad: 103.5 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 20.951°S / 68.81°W (Tamarugal, Tarapacá, Chile)
Volcán mas cercano: Olca-Paruma (34 km / 21 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
162 km al ESE de Iquique (pop: 227,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
168 km al N de Calama (Antofagasta) (pop: 143,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
192 km al NE de Tocopilla (Antofagasta) (pop: 24,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
316 km al SSE de Arica (Arica y Parinacota) (pop: 186,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
325 km al O de Tupiza (Sud Chichas, Potosí, Bolivia) (pop: 22,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
342 km al NNE de Antofagasta (pop: 309,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
353 km al OSO de Potosí (Bolivia) (pop: 141,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
360 km al SSE de Tacna (Perú) (pop: 280,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
373 km al SSO de Oruro (Bolivia) (pop: 208,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
428 km al OSO de Sucre (Chuquisaca, Bolivia) (pop: 224,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 4.2°C (40 F), humidity: 69%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from ENE
Fuente primaria de datos: GUG (U. Chile)
Energía liberada estimada: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.1104 km21 Km Al SO De Mina Collahuasi, ChileGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.1113 kmANTOFAGASTA, CHILEEMSC
M 4.1109 km153 Km ESE of Iquique, ChileUSGS
M 4.2115 kmChile-Bolivia Border RegionUSP

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