Magnitude 6.5 - OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
2009 November 13 03:05:57 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 6.5 |
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| Location | 19.385°S, 70.266°W |
| Depth | 28 km (17.4 miles) set by location program |
| Region | OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE |
| Distances | 95 km (60 miles) N of Iquique, Chile 100 km (60 miles) S of Arica, Chile 155 km (95 miles) S of Tacna, Peru 1560 km (970 miles) N of SANTIAGO, Chile |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 5 km (3.1 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=269, Nph=269, Dmin=384.3 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8 |
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| Event ID | us2009nyad |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
Power outages in Iquique. Felt (V) at Arica, Alto Hospicio, Camina, Huara Iquique and Pozo Almonte; (IV) at Pica; (III) at Colchane; (II) at Calama and Tocopilla. Felt (III) at La Paz and (II) at Cochabamba, Bolivia. Also felt at Oruro and Potosi. Felt (V) at Tacna and (III) at Arequipa and (II) at Juliaca, Peru. Also felt at Acari, Ilo, Mollendo, Moquegua, Puno and Tarata.
Earthquake Maps
Scientific & Technical Information
Historic Moment Tensor Solutions- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
