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nadinbrzezinski

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Sun Mar 16, 2014, 05:32 PM Mar 2014

Major quake off the coast of Chile JUST NOW (7.0) [View all]

Last edited Sun Mar 16, 2014, 07:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Event Time

2014-03-16 21:17:32 UTC
2014-03-16 16:17:32 UTC-05:00 at epicenter
2014-03-16 14:17:32 UTC-07:00 system time
Location

19.900°S 70.700°W depth=33.0km (20.5mi)

Nearby Cities

68km (42mi) WNW of Iquique, Chile
163km (101mi) SSW of Arica, Chile
215km (134mi) SSW of Tacna, Peru
248km (154mi) NNW of Tocopilla, Chile
462km (287mi) SW of La Paz, Bolivia
Related Links

Additional earthquake information for Chile
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

EMAIl

M7.0 - NEAR THE COAST OF TARAPACA, CHILE

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time
16 Mar 2014 21:16:33 UTC
16 Mar 2014 16:16:33 near epicenter
16 Mar 2014 13:16:33 standard time in your timezone
Location 19.842S 70.569W
Depth 35 km
Distances
61 km (37 mi) NW of Iquique, Chile
153 km (94 mi) S of Arica, Chile
206 km (127 mi) S of Tacna, Peru
252 km (156 mi) N of Tocopilla, Chile
449 km (278 mi) SW of La Paz, Bolivia
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 1.9 km
Parameters Nph = 71; Dmin = 279.5 km; Rmss = 1.32 seconds; Gp = 59°
Version = B
Event ID us c000ndnj

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On twitter it says 7.0. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #1
Yeah, it is just getting that info nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #2
It also said tsunami not likely. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #3
Good, I got this straight from my App nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #4
I follow Earthquakes Tsunamis on twitter. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #5
On my own, I do nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #6
Following a #terremotochile right now nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #8
And right on time, from the Tsunami center nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #7
Fortunately, it's a sparsely populated area. eom Cleita Mar 2014 #9
And good engineering nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #10
And 20 miles deep seveneyes Mar 2014 #11
Many, many things nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #12
And while possible, this is irresponsible nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #13
Kansas had one too sad-cafe Mar 2014 #14
Tsunami Alert Two nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #15
Damn malaise Mar 2014 #16
From the twitter feed there was none reported nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #17
It's always wise to evacuate malaise Mar 2014 #18
Chile has an extremely robust civil defense apparatus nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #19
Most people in our hemisphere have borrowed from the Cuban malaise Mar 2014 #20
Mexico borrowed from FEMA nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #21
photo of evacuations in Chile nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #22
Smart edit Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #23
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