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Major earthquake 7.9 mag, 46 km W of Illapel, Chile

Posted by admin on September 16, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -31.5771S, -71.6516WA major earthquake magnitude 7.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 19:54:30 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Illapel in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003k7a. Event ids that are associated: at00nuskyv, us20003k7a. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 22:54:30 / September 16, 2015 @ 10:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.29 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 8.29 km, -71.6516° West, -31.5771° South.

Epicenter of the event was 161 km (100 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 163 km (101 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 150 km (93 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 157 km (97 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 140 km (87 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 164 km (102 miles) from Limache (c. 35 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 155 km (96 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limache, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km W of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6516° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.5771° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km W of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-16 22:54:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-16 23:14:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 111 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 8.28 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 1038 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.669 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20003k7a Id of event.
Event Code 20003k7a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nuskyv,us20003k7a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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