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For a Second
Time in as Many Days, a Quake Larger than
7.0 Strikes South America. This Time in
Chile.
01/02/2011
Just yesterday a large quake struck a couple
hundred miles North of here in Argentina. Today the target was Chile.
Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time Sunday, January 02, 2011 at 20:20:18 UTC
Sunday, January 02, 2011 at 05:20:18 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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Location 38.354°S, 73.275°W
Depth 25.1 km (15.6 miles)
Region ARAUCANIA, CHILE
Distances 70 km (45 miles) NW of Temuco,
Araucania, Chile
90 km (55 miles) SSE of Lebu, Bio-Bio, Chile
130 km (80 miles) SW of Los Angeles, Bio-Bio,
Chile
595 km (370 miles) SSW of SANTIAGO, Region
Metropolitana, Chile
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13 km (8.1
miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Parameters NST=407, Nph=411, Dmin=352.9 km, Rmss=1.13
sec, Gp= 22°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi
method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=G
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0000y49.php |
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