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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -29.466S, -72.3145WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 108 kilometers (67 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -72.3145° West, -29.466° South, depth 12.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10003vgi. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003vgi. Global time and date of event 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 07:04:31 / November 7, 2015 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.34 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:04:31 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 109 km (68 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 108 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.3145° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.466° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 108km WNW 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 2015-11-07 07:04:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-07 07:22:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 518 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 1.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us10003vgi Id of event.
Event Code 10003vgi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003vgi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

1 Comment

  1. Axel

    Im in Cordoba, Argentina and I’ve just felt a little movement. I hope everything is OK

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