Moderato terremoto magnitudine 5.5 - Near the Coast of Southern Peru, venerdì, 16 febbraio 1979
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Moderate magnitude 5.5 earthquake at 52 km depth
Magnitudine: 5.5
Profondità: 52.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 16.5°S / 72.656°W
(Perù)Vulcano più vicino: Huambo (93 km / 58 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
4 km ONO da Pisques (pop: 41) --> Vedi sismi vicini
15 km NNE da Camana (Camaná) (pop: 16,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
52 km OSO da El Pedregal (pop: 20,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
90 km NO da Mollendo (Provincia de Islay) (pop: 29,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
116 km O da Cono Norte (pop: 47,300) --> Vedi sismi vicini
118 km O da Jacobo Hunter (pop: 46,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
120 km O da Arequipa (pop: 841,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
120 km O da Ciudad Satelite (pop: 76,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
121 km O da Selva Alegre (pop: 72,700) --> Vedi sismi vicini
684 km SE da Lima (pop: 7,737,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 1.1 x 1013 joules (3.12 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2682 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
| M 5.5 | 52 km | near the coast of southern Peru | USGS |
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Aftershocks of the 5.5 quake Near the Coast of Southern Peru 16 February 1979 22:18 GMT
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (5 quakes):- 24 Feb 1979 12:16 UTC| M 4.8 |70 km (43.5 mi) depth|22 km (14 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 01 Jan 1970 00:00 UTC| M |0 km (0 mi) depth|8163 km (5072 mi) distance| | Details
- 01 Jan 1970 00:00 UTC| M |0 km (0 mi) depth|8163 km (5072 mi) distance| | Details
- 20 Feb 1979 14:02 UTC| M 5.2 |56 km (34.8 mi) depth|24 km (15 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 17 Feb 1979 15:41 UTC| M 5.1 |79 km (49.1 mi) depth|14 km (9 mi) distance| USGS | Details
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - Near the Coast of Southern Peru on Friday, 16 February 1979 at 22:18 (GMT)
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