Sismo muy débil mag. 3.9 - 201 km ESE of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, domingo, 24 ene. 2021 -

Sismo muy débil mag. 3.9 - 201 km ESE of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile, domingo, 24 ene. 2021

Sismo muy débil magnitud 3.9 at 234 km depth

24 Jan 02:22 UTC: Primero en informar: INPRES después de 6 minutos.
24 Jan 02:36: Ahora usando una nueva fuente de datos: GUG (U. Chile)
24 Jan 04:04: Magnitud recalculada de 4.0 a 3.9. Profundidad recalculada de 239.6 a 234.2 km (de 149 a 146 mi). Ubicación del epicentro corregida 5 km (3.1 mi) al E.
Fecha & hora: 24 Jan 2021 02:15:39 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: sábado, 23 ene 2021 23:15 (GMT -3)
Magnitud: 3.9
Profundidad: 234.2 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 23.126°S / 67.107°W (El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, Chile)
Volcán mas cercano: Colachi (68 km / 42 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
115 km al ESE de San Pedro de Atacama (pop: 2,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
194 km al SO de Villazon (Modesto Omiste, Potosí, Bolivia) (pop: 30,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
201 km al ESE de Calama (pop: 143,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
219 km al ONO de San Salvador de Jujuy (Argentina) (pop: 305,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
230 km al ONO de Palpala (Jujuy, Argentina) (pop: 48,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
253 km al NO de Ciudad de Salta (Argentina) (pop: 512,700) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
259 km al ONO de San Pedro de Jujuy (Argentina) (pop: 58,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
338 km al ESE de Tocopilla (pop: 24,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
341 km al E de Antofagasta (pop: 309,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
452 km al SE de Iquique (Tarapacá) (pop: 227,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Few Clouds 4.6°C (40 F), humidity: 69%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from W
Fuente primaria de datos: GUG (U. Chile)
Energía liberada estimada: 4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 3.9234 km95 Km Al NE De Socaire, ChileGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.0240 kmJUJUY, ARGENTINAEMSC
M 4.0214 kmJUJUY (Argentina)INPRES

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