2007 Tocopilla earthquake

2007 Tocopilla earthquake 2007 14 Nov Chile earthquake.png Chile#South America 2007-11-14 15:40:50 usp000fshy 13266131 2007 11 14 12:40 3:35 7.7 w y 40 km mi 0 on -22.325 -69.969 region:CL_type:event inline,title Thrust Chile VIII 25.5 cm on 2 killed 65 injured The 2007 Tocopilla earthquake occurred on November 14 at 12:40:50 local time 15:40:53 UTC. Its epicenter was located between Quillagua and Tocopilla, affecting the Tarapacá and the Antofagasta regions in northern Chile. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and lasted about 3 minutes and 35 seconds.Terra.cl, 14/11/07, http://www.terra.cl/noticias/index.cfm?id_reg=878501&id_cat=302 Fuerte sismo sacudió esta tarde al Norte del País dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080120071042/http://www.terra.cl/noticias/index.cfm?id_cat=302&id_reg=878501 2008-01-20 Seventeen aftershocks of magnitude greater than 5.3, including one of magnitude 7.1 and two others of magnitude 6.3 or higher, were recorded.November 15, 2007 Magnitude 6.8 - Antofagasta earthquake https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007jtaz.php https://web.archive.org/web/20071116233152/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007jtaz.php 2007-11-16 June 10, 2025 earthquake.usgs.gov The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning, stating a tsunami had been generated; after one hour, this warning was cancelled.NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning CenterCancellation bulletin issued by the PTWC The earthquake was felt from Santiago, 1,245 km south from the epicenter, to La Paz, about 700 km north-northeast.Strong earthquake shakes northern Chile, kills at least two https://web.archive.org/web/20071116135724/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0lyUZAnd-WZqnex4RvEPH2GsCjA 2007-11-16 AFP news report Tectonic summary The USGS reported that the earthquake resulted from the release of stresses generated by the subduction of the oceanic Nazca plate beneath the South American plate. In this region, known as the Peru-Chile subduction zone, the Nazca plate thrusts beneath South America at a rate of approximately 79 mm/year in an east-northeast direction. This earthquake indicates subduction-related thrusting, likely on the interface between these two plates. This earthquake occurred near (and within) the southern end of the rupture area of the great magnitude 9.1 earthquake of 1877, which produced a destructive tsunami and whose source region has since the late 1970s been recognized as a potentially dangerous seismic gap. In 1995, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred in the same subduction zone approximately 200 km further south of the November 14 event.Magnitude 7.7 – ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE Damage and casualties At least two deaths have been attributed to this earthquake: an 88-year-old woman crushed under a collapsing wall at Tocopilla, and a 54-year-old woman whose exact cause of death remains unknown. There were also reports of widespread power outages in the region, including the cities of Antofagasta, Calama and Arica. The earthquake disrupted copper mining in the region; because Chile is the world's top supplier of copper, the earthquake caused prices of the metal to jump by more than six percent. Tin prices also rose four percent to reach a record high.Metals prices up after Chile quake The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22762597-20142,00.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071118072941/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22762597-20142,00.html November 18, 2007 There were reports of several dozen road workers trapped inside a collapsed highway tunnel.Workers trapped in tunnel collapse after quakes https://web.archive.org/web/20120207165849/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200711151101/workers_trapped_in_tunnel_collapse_after_quakes 2012-02-07 , Radio New Zealand News Two hundred homes were destroyed by the shaking and up to 15,000 people were displaced. In Tocopilla alone, 1,000 homes were demolished, representing 30 percent of all standing structures.Chile rattled by big aftershocks, BBC News See also List of earthquakes in 2007 List of earthquakes in Chile References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 19 January 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 M7.7 – Antofagasta, Chile https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000fshy#general_summary United States Geological Survey External links Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Antofagasta, Chile Oficina Nacional de Emergencia 13266131 Antofagasta earthquake Category:Earthquakes in Chile Antofagasta Category:History of Antofagasta Region Tocopilla Category:November 2007 in South America