South America (realtime) earthquakes list – Sismos en América del Sur

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
EMSC Southern Peru May 25 01:04 AM 5.3 140 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near Coast Of Peru May 25 01:04 AM 5.5 140 MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS Southern Peru May 25 01:04 AM 5.3 163 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 24 23:37 PM 3.2 126 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Atacama, Chile May 24 21:52 PM 3.2 6 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC San Juan, Argentina May 24 19:22 PM 3.1 101 MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS San Juan, Argentina May 24 18:50 PM 4.4 100 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC San Juan, Argentina May 24 18:50 PM 4.4 100 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 24 18:30 PM 2.7 24 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Atacama, Chile May 24 18:26 PM 3.3 60 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Atacama, Chile May 24 17:43 PM 2.9 2 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Offshore Coquimbo, Chile May 24 16:54 PM 3.0 45 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC San Juan, Argentina May 24 16:49 PM 3.5 116 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 24 16:46 PM 2.9 105 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 24 16:17 PM 3.1 139 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Atacama, Chile May 24 10:57 AM 4.2 11 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Atacama, Chile May 24 10:41 AM 4.8 2 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Northern Chile May 24 10:41 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS Atacama, Chile May 24 10:41 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 24 10:13 AM 3.9 113 MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC Maule, Chile May 24 07:49 AM 2.7 57 MAP I Felt It
USGS Ecuador May 24 05:42 AM 4.8 47 MAP I Felt It
  • Banos - Around 1am I felt my bed shake for about 6 seconds.
  • Shell, Pastaza, Ecuador - 12:44am awaken by bed shaking. I felt two brief shakes separated by a split-second. The shakes felt like they were back-and-forth for a couple of seconds.
  • GEOFON Ecuador May 24 05:42 AM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Ecuador May 24 05:42 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore O'higgins, Chile May 24 04:24 AM 3.1 44 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 24 00:33 AM 3.7 213 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Atacama, Chile May 23 23:39 PM 3.5 1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Peru May 23 21:32 PM 3.0 152 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 23 16:39 PM 3.0 93 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 23 15:22 PM 3.5 116 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Region Metropolitana, Chile May 23 11:03 AM 3.9 76 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore Maule, Chile May 23 10:49 AM 3.3 26 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 23 09:53 AM 3.6 136 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 23 09:46 AM 3.7 129 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 23 08:52 AM 3.4 113 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 23 07:23 AM 2.9 117 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Tarapaca, Chile May 23 00:14 AM 4.8 138 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 23 00:14 AM 5.0 137 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore Valparaiso, Chile May 22 23:27 PM 3.6 31 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Valparaiso, Chile May 22 23:03 PM 2.6 26 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Valparaiso, Chile May 22 20:39 PM 3.9 67 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 22 20:10 PM 3.7 212 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Atacama, Chile May 22 19:56 PM 3.2 2 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore Antofagasta, Chile May 22 18:12 PM 3.0 34 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore Atacama, Chile May 22 17:55 PM 3.4 71 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Coquimbo, Chile May 22 17:24 PM 2.9 99 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 22 10:55 AM 4.3 248 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 22 10:08 AM 3.0 109 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 22 07:15 AM 3.6 210 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Northern Chile May 21 23:10 PM 4.7 84 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 21 23:10 PM 4.8 86 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Tarapaca, Chile May 21 23:10 PM 4.6 92 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Central Peru May 21 23:02 PM 5.8 82 MAP I Felt It
  • Andahuaylas, Peru - side-to-side shaking
  • Cusco - Floors shook for about 30 seconds.
  • Cuzco - In a store in Cusco. Felt very vertigo-ish for about 10-20 seconds. The people I was with thought I was imagining. Had to go online to confirm if earthquake really occurred.
  • Cuzco - tremblement pendant 20 secondes assez modéré force 5,8
  • EMSC Central Peru May 21 23:02 PM 5.7 86 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Central Peru May 21 23:02 PM 5.7 83 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 21 22:34 PM 3.3 153 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 21 19:32 PM 3.6 99 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 21 18:54 PM 3.2 108 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC South Of Panama May 21 15:05 PM 4.6 35 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Of Panama May 21 15:05 PM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS South Of Panama May 21 15:05 PM 4.6 35 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Off Coast Of Aisen, Chile May 21 13:51 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Off Coast Of Southern Chile May 21 13:51 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 21 13:50 PM 2.7 115 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Peru May 21 13:27 PM 5.2 110 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern Peru May 21 13:27 PM 5.4 121 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern Peru May 21 13:27 PM 5.2 103 MAP I Felt It
  • Cusco - The buildings shook for about 6 seconds.
  • USGS Off The Coast Of Aisen, Chile May 21 12:51 PM 5.3 28 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off Coast Of Aisen, Chile May 21 12:51 PM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off Coast Of Southern Chile May 21 12:51 PM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 21 12:15 PM 2.8 99 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 21 10:55 AM 3.5 216 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Coquimbo, Chile May 21 10:12 AM 3.0 142 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 21 09:39 AM 4.0 95 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC San Juan, Argentina May 21 04:29 AM 3.8 102 MAP I Felt It INFO

    Data sources courtesy : USGSEMSCGFZGEONET

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    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
    MMI IV (Light shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
    Fittings :
    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
    Structures :
    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
    MMI V (Moderate shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
    MMI VI (Strong shaking) ?
    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
    MMI VII (Very strong shaking) ?
    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
    MMI VIII (Severe shaking) ?
    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
    MMI IX (Violent shaking) ?
    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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