Wednesday, 2 April 2014

EMSC earthquake notification: Magnitude 8.0 01/04/2014 23:46 OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revisions.
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A magnitude 8.0 earthquake has occurred OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE at:
19.72S  70.86W Depth 33km 01/04/2014 at 23:46:49 (Universal Time)

Earthquake location with respect to nearby cities:
94 km NW Iquique (pop 227499, local time 19:46:49.7 2014-04-01)
237 km S  Ilo (pop 53476, local time 18:46:49.7 2014-04-01)
834 km W  Santa cruz (pop 1342604, local time 19:46:49.7 2014-04-01)

Comments :

Manual location disseminated on 02/04/2014 00:13 (UTC)
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Links to regional seismological observatories:
http://www.sismologia.cl/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/geofon

This location has been computed thanks to the data provided by the
following seismological institutes:
BGSG BUD GFZ LED MAD MLT MSO NEIR SC3
See the full list of data providers at:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/contributors.php


This EMSC service is jointly operated by the LDG (Laboratoire de
Detection et de Geophysique, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France) and the
IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Madrid, Spain).

- EMC