Moderate mag. 5.9 earthquake - 71km SW of Iquique, Chile on Saturday, 4 January 2014

Moderato terremoto magnitudine 5.9 - South Pacific Ocean, 72 km a sud ovest da Iquique, Regione di Tarapacá, Cile, sabato, 04 gennaio 2014

Moderato terremoto magnitudine 5.9 - South Pacific Ocean, 72 km a sud ovest da Iquique, Regione di Tarapacá, Cile, sabato, 04 gennaio 2014

Moderate magnitude 5.9 earthquake at 7 km depth

4 Jan 00:34 UTC: Primo a segnalare: USGS dopo 22 minuti.
Data & ora: 4 Jan 2014 00:11:48 UTC
Ora locale a epicentro: Friday, January 03, 2014 19:11:48
Magnitudine: 5.9
Profondità: 7.3 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 20.6585°S / 70.65°W (South Pacific Ocean, Cile)
Vulcano più vicino: Irruputuncu (219 km / 136 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
72 km SO da Iquique (pop: 227,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
166 km NNO da Tocopilla (pop: 24,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
246 km S da Arica (pop: 186,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
268 km NO da Calama (pop: 143,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
297 km S da Tacna (Perù) (pop: 280,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
334 km N da Antofagasta (pop: 309,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
344 km SSE da Ilo (Perù) (pop: 53,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
386 km S da Moquegua (Perù) (pop: 54,500) --> Vedi sismi vicini
473 km SO da Oruro (Bolivia) (pop: 208,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
1424 km N da Santiago del Cile (pop: 4,837,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
403 km OSO da Isla Crequi Montfort Island --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 4.5 x 1013 joules (12.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10676 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudineProfonditàUbicazioneFonte
M 5.726 kmNear Coast of Northern ChileGFZ
M 5.710 km OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILEEMSC
M 5.97.3 km71km SW of Iquique, ChileUSGS
M 5.326 km86 km al SO de Alto HospicioGUG (U. Chile)

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User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Iquique, Chile (68.8 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
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Aftershocks

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (32 quakes):
  • 25 Feb 2014 04:55 UTC
    | M 2.6 |
    36 km (22.4 mi) depth
    |
    53 km (33 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 09 Feb 2014 00:04 UTC
    | M 2.1 |
    48 km (29.8 mi) depth
    |
    51 km (31 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 30 Jan 2014 18:16 UTC
    | M 2.3 |
    45 km (28 mi) depth
    |
    44 km (28 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 24 Jan 2014 23:37 UTC
    | M 2.4 |
    24 km (14.9 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 22 Jan 2014 17:36 UTC
    | M 3.3 |
    22 km (13.7 mi) depth
    |
    16 km (10 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 19 Jan 2014 21:56 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    31 km (19.3 mi) depth
    |
    25 km (16 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 15 Jan 2014 09:43 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    42 km (26.1 mi) depth
    |
    37 km (23 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 13 Jan 2014 15:45 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    30 km (18.6 mi) depth
    |
    19 km (12 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 11 Jan 2014 13:43 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 11 Jan 2014 10:19 UTC
    | M 4.4 |
    18 km (11.2 mi) depth
    |
    31 km (19 mi) distance
    | USGS | Details
  • 09 Jan 2014 20:16 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    35 km (21.7 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 09 Jan 2014 19:08 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    36 km (22.4 mi) depth
    |
    13 km (8 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 09 Jan 2014 12:17 UTC
    | M 2.7 |
    33 km (20.5 mi) depth
    |
    7 km (4 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 08 Jan 2014 20:35 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    32 km (19.9 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 08 Jan 2014 18:49 UTC
    | M 3.6 |
    23 km (14.3 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 08 Jan 2014 18:11 UTC
    | M 3.8 |
    31 km (19.3 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
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Moderate mag. 5.9 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 72 km southwest of Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, on Friday, January 03, 2014 19:11:48
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