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Strong earthquake: M6.2 quake has struck near Ovalle in Chile

Posted by admin on September 26, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.8199S, -71.3854WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/15 / 2015-09-26 02:51:18 / September 26, 2015 @ 2:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:51:18 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20003p9y. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003p9y. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.07 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 38.07 km, -71.3854° West, -30.8199° South.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Vicuña, La Serena (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 30 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3854° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.8199° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km SW 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 2015-09-26 02:51:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-26 03:21:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 59 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.21 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 623 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 0.259 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us20003p9y Id of event.
Event Code 20003p9y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003p9y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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