6.8 CHILE EQ

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/zoom/?view=eveday&lon=-80&lat=-51

20-MAY-2013 09:49:03

-44.93

-80.64

6.8

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OFF COAST OF SOUTHERN CHILE

Planetary Tremors: Powerful Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes Off Chile – No Tsunami Seen From Initial Reports!


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PLANETARY TREMORS: Powerful Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes Off Chile – No Tsunami Seen From Initial Reports!


May 20, 2013 – CHILE - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast
of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean
emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would
generate a tsunami.

USGS earthquake map and location.

The quake struck 400 miles (640 km) west of Puerto Aisen at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said.

It said the quake had occurred at 5:49 a.m. Chile time (10.43 a.m British time)