Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near offshore Coquimbo, Chile

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile on Thursday. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 13:32:26 / September 17, 2015 @ 1:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.9971° West, -32.1318° South, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us20003kl4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003kl4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:32:26 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso. Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: offshore Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Chile Hacienda La Calera Illapel La Ligua offshore Coquimbo Quillota Salamanca Valparaiso Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.9971° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.1318° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	offshore Coquimbo, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-09-17 13:32:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-17 14:23:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		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	0	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	449	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	,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	8.662	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	114	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20003kl4	Id of event.
Event Code	20003kl4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003kl4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-71.9971° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-32.1318° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

offshore Coquimbo, Chile

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-09-17 13:32:26

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-09-17 14:23:54

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

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

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

449

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,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

8.662

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.71 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

114

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20003kl4

Id of event.

Event Code

20003kl4

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20003kl4,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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