Dutchsinse: 6.9 Earthquake - Pacific Unrest Growing

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11/10/2015 — Large M6.9 Earthquake strikes off the shores of Chile — Pacific Unrest Growing by Michael Janitch Seismic unrest is growing around the Pacific plate. On top of the other swarms of recent M6.0+ earthquakes around the Pacific over the past few days, now a noteworthy M6.9 earthquake has struck off the shores of NW Chile in South America. ______ Over the past seven days we have seen SEVEN different M6.0+ earthquakes occur around the Pacific plate.  1 occurred in Alaska, 3 occurred in Indonesia, 3 occurred in Chile. ______ Information on this earthquake from the USGS: M6.9 - 93km NW of Coquimbo, Chile http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003x8t#scientific_origin:us_us10003x8t Magnitude 6.9 mww Location/uncertainty 29.439°S 72.105°W± 5.3 km Depth/uncertainty 10.0 km± 1.7 Origin Time 2015-11-11 01:54:37.710 UTC Number of Stations – Number of Phases 123 Minimum Distance 99.41 km (0.89°) Travel Time Residual 1.53 sec Azimuthal Gap 39° FE Region Offshore Coquimbo, Chile (134) _______ Michael Janitch | November 10, 2015 at 9:50 pm | Categories: earthquakes and volcano activity, earthquakes and volcanoes | URL: http://wp.me/p3C2xU-4jj http://dutchsinse.com/11102015-large-m6-9-earthquake-strikes-off-the-shores-of-chile-pacific-unrest-growing/