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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Santa Cruz in Chile

Posted by admin on April 13, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -34.612S, -71.887WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Santa Cruz in Chile. Id of earthquake: us20005da1. Event ids that are associated: us20005da1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/16 / 2016-03-30 02:24:42 / March 30, 2016 @ 2:24 am. Exact location, longitude -71.887° West, latitude -34.612° South, depth = 19.6 km. The temblor was reported at 23:24:42 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.6 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Chimbarongo (c. 17 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Rauco (c. 8 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Molina, Chimbarongo, San Vicente (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 47 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.887° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.612° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km W of Santa Cruz, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-30 02:24:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-13 04:05:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 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 199 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20005da1 Id of event.
Event Code 20005da1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005da1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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