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Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - 87km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - 87km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wednesday, 2 April 2014

This quake was likely an aftershock of the M 8.2 quake: 95km NW of Iquique, Chile on Tue, 1 Apr 23h46, which had occurred 16 minutes earlier.
Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - 87km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Date & time: Wednesday, 2 April 2014 00:03 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 19:03:12
Magnitude: 5.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 19.8457°S / 70.8739°W (Chili)
Nearest volcano: Puchuldiza (205 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 3.2*10^13 J (8.78 GWh / 7558 tons of TNT / 0.5 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
HeureMag. / DepthLocationSource
Wed, 2 Apr 2014
Wed, 2 Apr 00:03 UTCM 5.4 / 29 km90 km al NO de IquiqueGUG (U. Chile)
Wed, 2 Apr 00:03 UTCM 5.8 / 10 kmOFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILEEMSC

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