- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 17, 2005 CE
- Location:
- 68 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
- Magnitude:
- 6.8 Mwb
- Depth:
- 147 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5.529
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 6.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.5
Other earthquake records of 2005 CE
- Pakistan, Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula · Mw 7.6 · 76,213 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatera: Sw · Mw 8.6 · 1,319 deaths
- Iran, Kerman Province: Zarand · Mw 6.4 · 612 deaths
- China, Jiangxi: Jiujiang, Ruichang · Mw 5.2 · 16 deaths
- Iran, Qeshm, Zirang · Mw 6 · 13 deaths
- Chile, Tarapaca · Mw 7.7 · 11 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.8 - 68 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (2005 CE) happen?
- November 17, 2005 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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