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Chile Earthquake: Strong Quake Strikes Near Bolivia Border

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First Posted: 06/20/11 12:58 PM ET Updated: 06/20/11 01:05 PM ET

A strong earthquake struck the Antofagasta region of Chile, near the Bolivia border, this afternoon.

The USGS reports the quake had a magnitude of 6.3 and it took place at 12:35 p.m. local time. Moderate intensity was felt in Alto Hospicio and Iquique.

The quake's epicenter was recorded as 55 miles northeast of Calama and 178 miles northeast of Antofagasta. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

According to Irish Weather Online, 2011 is on track to have the largest number of earthquakes in a single year for at least 12 years.

This is a developing story...

Source to info ....... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/chile-earthquake-bolivia_n_880519.html
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San Pedro volcano, near the epicenter - panoramio picture from Srwolfrang - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29099084

Very strong but deep earthquake in northern Chile

Last update: June 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

UPDATE 17:38 UTC : The epicenter of the earthquake was only 15 km from the crater of the San Pedro volcano, one of the tallest active volcanoes in the world (6,145 m).

UPDATE 17:34 UTC : Chile emergency service ONEMI has reported a max. intensity of VI MMI. these are the locations who will have a V to VI (moderate to strong shaking)
Región: Tarapacá : Alto Hospicio : VI, Camiña : IV, Huara : V, Iquique: VI, Pica : VI, Pozo Almonte : V
Región: Antofagasta : Calama: V, Quillagua: V, Tocopilla: V
ONEMI has also sais that there were NO reports of damage or injured so far.

UPDATE 17:29 UTC : USGS has recalculated the earthquake data and modified them to :
Magnitude 6.5 @ a depth of 117 km

UPDATE 17:15 UTC : Max. expected shaking will be moderate = V MMI

UPDATE 17:10 UTC : This earthquake will be felt far outside Chile. Also people in Peru and Bolivia and even further will feel a weak shaking. Deep earthquakes have the advantage of mostly being harmless, but the radius can go as far as thousand km.

UPDATE 17:07 UTC : Other seismological agencies data :
EMSC : 6.1 @ 100 km
GFZ : 6.3 @ 97 km
Universidad de Chile : 6.4 @ 125 km

UPDATE 17:05 UTC : A just-in report for the theoretical damage prediction engine from WAPMERR confirms our earlier prediction that NOBODY will be killed or hurt.

UPDATE 17:02 UTC : Very strong earthquakes are not uncommon in this area of the world. They mostly occur with an hypocenter of more than 100 km making them harmless to some extend.

Around noon local time a very strong earthquake struck the northern Chile – Bolivia border area. Due to the depth, we beep at the moment an Orange (moderately dangerous alert level.

Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6.3
UTC Time : Monday, June 20, 2011 at 16:35:57 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Monday, June 20, 2011 at 12:35:57 PM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) : 111 km
Geo-location(s) :
87 km (54 miles) NE of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
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A Chilean TV video which shows the shaking of the earthquake and people running out department stores and offices.

Video link ........ http://youtu.be/KGL1aPbWFBE
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