Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Coquimbo in Chile

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.68 km (10 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:02:33 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 16.68 km, -72.2584° West, -30.2458° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 09:02:33 / September 20, 2015 @ 9:02 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003m5c. Id of event: us20003m5c.

Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 93 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.2584° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-30.2458° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.68 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	93km WSW of 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	2015-09-20 09:02:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-20 09:20:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	416	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	0.942	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	150	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	us20003m5c	Id of event.
Event Code	20003m5c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003m5c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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