Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 102 km west of Diego de Almagro, Provincia de Chañaral, Atacama, Chile, on 13 Oct 12:16 pm (GMT -5) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 102 km west of Diego de Almagro, Provincia de Chañaral, Atacama, Chile, on 13 Oct 12:16 pm (GMT -5)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 30 km depth

13 Oct 17:20 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 4 minutes.
13 Oct 17:22: Magnitude recalculée de 5.6 à 5.4. Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 3.7 km (2.3 mi) au SE.
13 Oct 17:29: Magnitude recalculée de 5.4 à 5.5. Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 16 km (9.9 mi) au E.
13 Oct 17:32: Maintenant en utilisant une nouvelle source de données: GUG (U. Chile)
Date & time: 13 Oct 2020 17:16:17 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 13 Oct 12:16 pm (GMT -5)
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 30.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 26.162°S / 71.049°W (South Pacific Ocean, Chili)
Nearby towns and cities:
812 km N de Santiago du Chili (pop: 4,837,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 13.8°C (57 F), humidity: 78%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from SW
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.030 km47 Km Al NO De Chañaral., ChileGUG (U. Chile)
M 5.028 kmOCEANO PACIFICO (Argentina), ChileINPRES
M 4.82 kmOffshore Atacama, ChileEMSC
M 4.910 kmOff Coast of Northern ChileGFZ
M 4.910 kmOff Coast of Northern ChileGeoAu
M 4.813 km105 Km SW of Taltal, ChileUSGS
M 4.710 kmOff Coast of Northern ChileUSP

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, 102 km west of Diego de Almagro, Provincia de Chañaral, Atacama, Chile, 13 Oct 12:16 pm (GMT -5)

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):
  • 14 Oct 2020 00:59 UTC
    | M 2.6 |
    38 km (23.6 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (1 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 102 km west of Diego de Almagro, Provincia de Chañaral, Atacama, Chile, on 13 Oct 12:16 pm (GMT -5)

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