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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile

Posted by admin on August 16, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -19.7569S, -71.1127WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile (70 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 12.29 km, -71.1127° West, -19.7569° South. The temblor was reported at 13:17:31 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 18:17:31 / August 16, 2016 @ 6:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.29 km (8 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006e6x. Event ids that are associated: us10006e6x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.1127° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.7569° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113km WNW 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 2016-08-16 18:17:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-16 18:33:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 400 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 1.559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10006e6x Id of event.
Event Code 10006e6x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006e6x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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