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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Ovalle in Chile

Posted by admin on September 24, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.6883S, -71.3589WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 13:13:24 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.25 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003nrd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nrd. Exact location of earthquake, -71.3589° West, -30.6883° South, depth 32.25 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 16:13:24 / September 24, 2015 @ 4:13 pm.

Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Vicuña, La Serena.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3589° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.6883° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km WSW of Ovalle, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-24 16:13:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-24 16:44:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.35 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 483 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 2.339 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us20003nrd Id of event.
Event Code 20003nrd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003nrd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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