Past earthquakes in or near Chile: March 2021 - list, stats and map

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During March 2021, Chile has had 602 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 5.2:

4 quakes above magnitude 5
35 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
260 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
303 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3

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Past earthquakes in or near Chile: March 2021 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Mar 31, 2021 01:09 pm (Salta)	5.0 125 km	29 km (18 mi) to the S	Chile-Argentina Border Region	Info
Mar 31, 2021 11:45 am (Santiago)	3.6 36 km	7 km (4.3 mi) to the N	87 Km Al NO De Quillagua, Chile	Info
Mar 31, 2021 10:14 am (Santiago)	3.7 70 km		17 Km Al NE De Quillagua, Chile	Info
Mar 31, 2021 06:52 am (Santiago)	3.8 49 km		33 Km Al NO De La Higuera, Chile	Info
Mar 31, 2021 05:48 am (Santiago)	3.7 123 km		8 Km Al S De Hornopirén, Chile	Info
Mar 31, 2021 02:50 am (La Paz)	4.5 191 km	143 km (89 mi) to the N	Southern Bolivia	Info
Mar 30, 2021 08:41 pm (Santiago)	3.7 126 km		71 Km Al N De Calama, Chile	Info
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 GMT (4 quakes)
Mar 30, 2021 06:34 pm (Catamarca)	4.4 91 km	112 km (70 mi) to the NE	LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA	Info
Mar 30, 2021 02:58 pm (Santiago)	3.9 80 km		21 Km Al NO De Mina La Escondida., Chile	Info
Mar 30, 2021 01:59 am (Salta)	3.5 204 km	8 km (5 mi) to the NE	SALTA, ARGENTINA	Info
Mar 29, 2021 09:52 pm (Santiago)	3.5 114 km		31 Km Al SO De Calama, Chile	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 2.8 x 10¹³ joules (7.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 6800 tons of TNT or 0.4 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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