Earthquakes list July 15, 2011

Last update: July 16, 2011 at 9:15 am by By

M 6.0      2011/07/16 00:26     Depth 22.9 km     OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Friday, July 15, 2011 at 08:26:13 PM at epicenter
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Very strong coastal earthquake approx. 20 km out of the coast. Close to Navidad.
47 km (29 miles) WSW of San Antonio, Valparaiso, Chile
Satellite map of the greater epicenter area

M 5.3     2011/07/15  14:55     Depth  87.3 km     POTOSI, BOLIVIA
local time 10:55:30 2011-07-15165 km WSW Uyuni, 179 NNE Calama, 207 km ESE Iquique, 493 km LA PAZ
Moderate earthquake – maximum reported MMI = III – IV ( Calama)
satellite map of the greater epicenter area

M 5.3      2011/07/15  12:01      Depth     60.2 km     NEAR THE COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
local time 21:01:09 2011-01-15
46 km SSE Utsunomiya, 47 km WSW Mito, 57 km NNE Tokyo, 85 km Yokohama
Moderate earthquake, reported max. MMI = V (Kashiwa, Ageo)
satellite map of the greater epicenter area

M 3.0      2011/07/15 09:28    Depth 10.0 km     SPAIN
local time 11:28:42.4 2011-07-15
9 km N Aledo (pop 1,078), 13 km W Alhama de murcia (pop 18,209) and 40 km W Murcia (pop 406,807)
Harmless weak earthquake
Satellite map of the greater epicenter area

M 5.6     2011/07/15  00:55     Depth 43.2 km    SOUTH OF TONGA
Local time: Friday, July 15, 2011 at 12:55:47
Strong earthquake but far away from populated islands with epicenter on the bottom of the subduction zone.
Good to know : The depth at the bottom of the trench where the epicenter was located is 7,500 meter.  The depth on top of the subduction zone approx. 1,200 meter. This results in a steep undersea mountain of 6,300 meter !!
332 km (206 miles) far from NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga
Satellite map of the greater epicenter area

Summary of earthquakes only faintly felt by people
M 4.8      2011/07/16 01:57     Depth 81.0 km     NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
M 4.8      2011/07/15 18:35     Depth 47.2 km      SERAM, INDONESIA
M 4.3      2011/07/15 18:32     Depth 184.0 km     SALTA, ARGENTINA

Daily summary of earthquakes only surrounded by a lot of water
M 5.1      2011/07/15 21:45     Depth 50.0  km     KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
M 4.9      2011/07/15 18:00     Depth 484.9 km     BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
M 5.1       2011/07/15  16:14       Depth  37.4 km       KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
M 5.4      2011/07/15  15:00     Depth  57.1 km         VANATAU
M 5.9       2011/07/15 13:26      Depth     9.9 km        SOUTH SANDWITCH ISLANDS REGION
M  5.0     2011/07/15 08:42      Depth   34.4 km      KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
M  4.8     2011/07/15 07:41      Depth  609.1 km      FIJI REGION
M 5.1     2011/07/15  05:50     Depth 43.8 km          KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
M 4.7     2011/07/15  05:27     Depth 510.2 km        SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Japan, Honshu : aftershocks of M 4.5 or greater
M  4.9     2011/07/15  05:57      Depth 25.4 km  OFF THE COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time

Summary of earthquakes only faintly felt by people
M 4.9      2011/07/14 23:10     Depth 216.0 km      BANDA SEA, INDONESIA
M 4.1       2011/07/14 21:46     Depth      2.0 km      SERBIA

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