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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Ovalle in Chile

Posted by admin on July 18, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.3748S, -71.7858WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.98 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 08:59:42 / July 18, 2016 @ 8:59 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:42 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20006fhz. Event ids that are associated: us20006fhz. Exact location of earthquake, -71.7858° West, -30.3748° South, depth 29.98 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, La Serena, Coquimbo. Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.7858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.3748° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km WNW 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 2016-07-18 08:59:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-18 09:25:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3 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 417 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 0.325 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us20006fhz Id of event.
Event Code 20006fhz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006fhz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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