2019 Coquimbo earthquake
| Epicenter | 30°02′24″S 71°22′55″W / 30.040°S 71.382°W |
|---|---|
| Areas affected | Chile |
| Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
| Aftershocks | >60, largest is mb(USGS) 5.1[2] [3] |
| Casualties | 2 dead |
The 2019 Coquimbo earthquake occurred 10 km south southwest of
Tectonic setting
Chile lies above the convergent plate boundary where the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate, at a location where they converge at a rate of seventy millimeters a year. This quake was an oceanic interplate type, occurred in the downgoing slab of the Nazca Plate and not on the interface between the two plates. This event took place under the area of Chile, between 27° and 33° S, where the slab is nearly horizontal and there is a high degree of mechanical coupling between the plates.
Damage and casualties
One hundred and eighty houses collapsed and moderate damage occurred in almost 500 structures in the historic center of
| Modified Mercalli intensities in selected locations[10] | |
MMI |
Locations |
|---|---|
| MMI VIII (Severe) | Coquimbo, La Serena |
| MMI VII (Very strong) | Andacollo, Vicuña |
| MMI VI (Strong) | |
| MMI V (Moderate) | Santiago, Talagante
|
| MMI IV (Light) | Quilpue, Las Cabras, Litueche, Mostazal, Navidad, Rancagua, San Fernando, Santa Cruz, Graneros, La Estrella
|
| MMI III (Weak) | Algarrobo, Cartagena, El Quisco, El Tabo, San Antonio, Peralillo |
| MMI II (Weak) | Chimbarongo |
See also
References
- ^ "Monitoreo por sismo de mayor intensidad entre las regiones de Atacama y O'Higgins" (in Spanish). ONEMI. 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "M 5.1 - 18 km S of Coquimbo, Chile". earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ Angulo, Eél María (2019-01-21). "Chile: más de 60 réplicas tras sismo de magnitud 6,7" (in Spanish). France 24. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "M 6.7 - 10 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile". earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Informe de Sismo". www.sismologia.cl. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "Sismo de mayor intensidad entre las regiones de Atacama y O'Higgins". ONEMI: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública - (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ a b c "Zwei Tote bei Erdbeben in Chile" [Two dead in earthquake in Chile]. erdbebennews.de (in German). 20 January 2019.
- ^ Parra, Matias; Retamal Navarro, Pablo (2019-01-19). "Director de la Onemi descarta riesgo de tsunami tras sismo en Coquimbo y explica alerta de evacuación". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ Farías Vega, Cristian (2019-01-22). "Columna de sismología: El potente terremoto de Coquimbo, su cronología, y por qué se sintió tan fuerte". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "Sismo de mayor intensidad entre las regiones de Atacama y O'Higgins". ONEMI (in Spanish). 2019-01-19. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
- "Sismo de mayor intensidad entre las regiones de Atacama y O'Higgins". ONEMI: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública - (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- Compilations of videos that captured the moment the quake hit - Calma va a Pasar on Youtube
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