Earthquakes in the world on January 30, 2013 (M4.5 or more) – Very strong earthquake in Northern Chile

Last update: January 30, 2013 at 11:24 pm by By

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Strong earthquake near the Santa Cruz Islands
M5.9 – M6.0 earthquake. Epicenter 98 km East of Lata (pop 538).
NO tsunami danger at this Magnitude.
Based on our experience a max. light shaking  will be experienced at Lata.

 Very strong earthquake in Northern Chile
Preliminary Magnitude 6.6 at a depth of 46 km (can change a lot)
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Earthquake in Myanmar (Burma)
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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake Jan 30 23:59 PM 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Santa Cruz Islands Jan 30 23:53 PM 4.6 15 MAP I Felt It
USGS Santa Cruz Islands Jan 30 23:53 PM 4.6 15 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Near Coast Of Southern Peru Jan 30 23:34 PM 4.7 26 MAP I Felt It
USGS Near The Coast Of Southern Peru Jan 30 23:34 PM 4.7 26 MAP I Felt It
USGS Santa Cruz Islands Jan 30 23:03 PM 6.0 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Santa Cruz Islands Jan 30 23:03 PM 6.0 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Santa Cruz Islands Jan 30 23:03 PM 6.1 2 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Atacama, Chile Jan 30 20:55 PM 4.6 69 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Atacama, Chile Jan 30 20:40 PM 4.7 20 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near Coast Of Northern Chile Jan 30 20:40 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Atacama, Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.8 45 MAP I Felt It
  • Copiapo - Cayeron elementos de estantería. Aparecieron grietas en las paredes. Por momentos fue difícil mantener el equilibrio.
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    SSUCH Huasco, Vallenar, Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.7 52 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Atacama, Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.7 25 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Central Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.7 47 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Atacama, Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.8 46 MAP I Felt It
    PTWC Central Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.7 25 MAP I Felt It
  • Santiago - I felt it
  • Santiago - On 11th floor of office building in the Las Condes area of Santiago...gentle rocking motion for about 10 seconds
  • Recoleta, Santiago, Chile - I live on the 21st floor, felt the building bob back and forth gently for about 10 seconds.
  • Santiago, Chile - At the airport on January 30, 2013. The ground shook, vibrated like a large jet was taxiing by us. The glass in the windows was pulsing.
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    WCATWC Central Chile Jan 30 20:15 PM 6.6 43 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Qinghai, China Jan 30 17:32 PM 4.6 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Qinghai, China Jan 30 17:32 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 15:34 PM 4.7 37 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 15:34 PM 4.7 30 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 15:34 PM 4.6 34 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern Mid Atlantic Ridge Jan 30 13:25 PM 4.6 11 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Mid-atlantic Ridge Jan 30 13:25 PM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Mid-atlantic Ridge Jan 30 13:25 PM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Talaud Islands, Indonesia Jan 30 13:18 PM 4.7 22 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia Jan 30 13:18 PM 4.7 22 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 12:57 PM 5.0 35 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 12:57 PM 5.1 38 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 12:57 PM 5.0 31 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Atacama, Chile Jan 30 09:33 AM 4.8 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Chile Jan 30 09:33 AM 4.9 23 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Atacama, Chile Jan 30 09:33 AM 4.8 24 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Xizang-qinghai Border Region Jan 30 09:27 AM 5.3 40 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Xizang-qinghai Border Region Jan 30 09:27 AM 5.2 37 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Xizang Jan 30 09:27 AM 5.3 36 MAP I Felt It
    WCATWC Off Coast Of Oregon Jan 30 03:15 AM 5.5 35 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off Coast Of Oregon Jan 30 03:14 AM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off Coast Of Oregon Jan 30 03:14 AM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The Coast Of Oregon Jan 30 03:14 AM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 02:32 AM 5.4 46 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 02:32 AM 5.4 36 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Philippine Islands Region Jan 30 02:32 AM 5.1 32 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. Jan 30 00:56 AM 4.6 80 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Jan 30 00:56 AM 4.6 75 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET (New Zealand only)

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

    Mid Indian Ridge Jan 29 21:40 PM M 5.3 Depth 10.0 km

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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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    Comments

    1. Mike says:
      January 30, 2013 at 2:13 pm

      shaking sixth floor concrete apartment building for a few seconds

      Reply

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