Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Iquique in Chile

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 90 km ESE of Iquique, Chile (56 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 13:07:27 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.07 km (73 miles). Event id: us10006dcz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006dcz. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 17:07:27 / August 12, 2016 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 118.07 km, -69.3442° West, -20.5389° South.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 90 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.3442° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-20.5389° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.07 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	90km ESE of Iquique, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-12 17:07:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-13 14:50:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	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	234	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	0.519	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	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	us10006dcz	Id of event.
Event Code	10006dcz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006dcz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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