6,5 EQ Peru-Bolivia Border Region

Two quakes magnitude 5.9 and 6.0 strike near Peru-Chile border - USG

[link to www.trust.org]

isn't this the area where that humongous supervolcano is?

The coast of Peru is also where the large numbers of bird and dolphin die-offs have occured recently.

Shit! That must be why they closed the beaches.

Google satellite map showing the epicenter and the surrounding area

[link to maps.google.com]

USGS Upgraded to 6.2, 98 km deep

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

USGS has placed the magnitude of the larger quake at 6.2

Magnitude 6.2 - TARAPACA, CHILE
66 km (41 miles) ENE of Tacna, Peru
107 km (66 miles) NE of Arica, Tarapaca, Chile
143 km (88 miles) ESE of Moquegua, Peru

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

The RSOE EDIS website has placed a magnitude of 5.9 on the same quake and it states that there are volcanoes near the epicenter. This, of course, increases the risks associated with the quake.

The region of Chile where the larger quake struck is called Tarapaca aznd the location is Chislluma.

[link to hisz.rsoe.hu]

Update 10:37 UTC : the earthquake occurred at 06:00 AM during the early morning hours when a lot of people are still asleep. This is always a bad period for earthquakes. On the positive side is that daylight will have started. We have NO reactions from the area as of yet. We call upon our readers from the area to at least give us a few more details on the time that the strong shaking lasted.

[link to earthquake-report.com]

Pre-shock....definitely.

"Northern Chile hit by 5.9-magnitude earthquake" (the quake has been upgraded to a magnitude 6.2)

The quake hit just before 7am local time and there were no immediate reports of damage following the tremor.

On March 6, a strong, 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the same region, sparking fear.

And in February, the area was hit by a series of quakes, with six temblors over a four-day period, including a 6.6-magnitude earthquake on February 14.

All six tremors occurred in the same area heavily damaged by an 8.8-magnitude quake a year ago.

[link to www.news.com.au]

There was also a magnitude 7.1 earthquake with an epicenter of Maule, Chile that struck on March 25th of this year.

[link to quakeusa.blogspot.com]

Last Edited by Biochemky on 05/14/2012 06:54 AM

he did it again

so its because of all the allignments.

then there is more to come...

Check out this USGS scatter plot of historic seismicity (since 1900) of 7.0 plus earthquakes in the region of today's two significant quakes on the Peru/Chile border.

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

might be something else coming today

A reliable precursor is when electron flux drops by 3-orders of magnitude.

Happened about 24 hrs ago.

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

thats exactly there where the next monster quake for peru/chile was mentioned, thats qhy the beaches in peru are closed


the last hammer was on 22nd May !! of 1960, famous chile quake with 9.5

In a documentary on Geographic channel they told that the nexy quake will be here soon, and it will be on the northern part of the last strog quake of 1960

here read it

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

In 1960 a tsunami was hitting the hawaian coast in cause of the peru quake, i think about 40 was dead in Hawai and lost of destructed ship

Update 11:03 UTC : IGP, Peru has also other earthquake data. Ml5.9 at a depth of 105 km. Epicenter

Update 11:03 UTC : ONEMI Chile, the outstanding emergency authority in Chile, is calling the earthquake “mediana intensidad” (moderate intensity). The strongest Magnitude has been given to Arica (MMI VI or strong shaking). At Earthquake-Report.com we use MMI VII as a beginning of chances for serious damage. MMI VI can generate small effects like falling objects, cracks in walls etc.

Update 10:58 UTC : Theoretical calculations (based on USGS data) have reported that 295,000 people will have experienced a MMI V moderate shaking. 1.9 million people a light shaking and 2.24 million people a weak to very weak shaking.

Update 10:53 UTC : Universidad de Chile (to be trusted highly) reports a Magnitude of Ml6.4 at a hupocenter depth of 119.6 km (good but still serious earthquake numbers). Universidad de Chile Santiago, is putting the epicenter close to Tacna, Peru. Both EMSC and USGS have located the epicenter in Chile!

Update 10:52 UTC : Tacna has reported a moderate shaking (MMI V). The earthquake was felt as far as Arequipa in Peru and Arica in Chile. Deep earthquakes are felt in a far wider area than shallow earthquakes.

Update 10:49 UTC : Preliminary earthquake numbers can be very tricky during earthquakes. There is a night and day difference in between the depths of 20 or 90 km. The first can be highly damaging. These depths are rarely noticed in the area but they occur, so there is no certainly of what really happened at the beginning.

[link to earthquake-report.com]