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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Diego de Almagro in Chile


Earthquake location -25.74S, -69.8WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:29:15 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200066n4. Unique identifier: us200066n4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 21:29:15 / June 24, 2016 @ 9:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -69.8° West, -25.74° South, depth 130 km.

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal, Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 73 km NNE of Diego de Almagro, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.8° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -25.74° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km NNE of Diego de Almagro, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-24 21:29:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-24 22:03:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.73 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 466 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 1.25 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200066n4 Id of event.
Event Code 200066n4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200066n4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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