Tuesday, November 10, 2015

large earthquake offshore of Chile

There's been a very large earthquake off the coast of Chile....


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Subject: 2015-11-11 02:46:19 (M6.8) OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE -29.5 -72.2 (2b02a)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 03:05:52 +0000
From: USGS ENS <ens@ens.usgs.gov>
Reply-To: ens@ens.usgs.gov
To: david.appell@gmail.com


Globe with Earthquake Location

M6.8 - OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time
  • 11 Nov 2015 02:46:19 UTC
  • 10 Nov 2015 21:46:19 near epicenter
  • 10 Nov 2015 18:46:19 standard time in your timezone
Location 29.485S 72.192W
Depth 10 km
Distances
  • 97 km (60 mi) WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
  • 102 km (63 mi) WNW of La Serena, Chile
  • 155 km (96 mi) WNW of Vicuna, Chile
  • 156 km (96 mi) NW of Ovalle, Chile
  • 464 km (287 mi) NNW of Santiago, Chile
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 5.1 km; Vertical 1.8 km
Parameters Nph = 98; Dmin = 104.4 km; Rmss = 1.59 seconds; Gp = 69°
Version =
Event ID us 10003x9g

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