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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

Posted by admin on August 10, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.0802S, -71.2826WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.92 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 08:20:18 / August 10, 2016 @ 8:20 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cjm. Id of event: us10006cjm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2826 West, latitude -32.0802 South, depth = 84.92 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:18 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Limache (c. 35 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limache, San Felipe, Llaillay (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km N of La Ligua, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2826° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.0802° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km N of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-10 08:20:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-10 08:35:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 385 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 0.479 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 72 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 us10006cjm Id of event.
Event Code 10006cjm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006cjm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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