6.2 earthquake hits atacama, chile

[demoleft]

Source: usgs

Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time

* Friday, March 26, 2010 at 14:52:06 UTC
* Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:52:06 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 27.985°S, 70.709°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region ATACAMA, CHILE
Distances 65 km (40 miles) N of Vallenar, Chile
80 km (50 miles) SSW of Copiapo, Chile
225 km (140 miles) NNE of Coquimbo, Chile
605 km (375 miles) N of SANTIAGO, Chile
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.1 km (8.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=105, Nph=105, Dmin=113.5 km, Rmss=0.77 sec, Gp=130°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010uhay

Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010uhay.php

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no news of casualties for now. the quake was felt in santiago, italian news report

[meeshrox]

1. Jeez...

Here we go again... :eyeroll:

Before ya'll start...the other EQ did not "stir up the earth" or whatever you guys say! It could be a portion of the fault line that did not unzip before...

The occurrence of quakes are not increasing and this is not the end of the world!

BTW, not bashing the OP, just preemptively making my peace...

[demoleft]

2. just breaking news, madam. no need to fret ;) n/t

[meeshrox]

3. I understand...

Had some remorse being the first to post something like this before anyone else brought it up... :blush:

Thanks for sharing anyway!

[demoleft]

4. u're welcome :) n/t

[panzerfaust]

5. God never sleeps.

Always stands ready to send an earthquake to smite the sinners in their cities.