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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Calama in Chile

Posted by admin on August 16, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.5116S, -68.6497WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 02:58:39 / August 16, 2016 @ 2:58 am. The temblor was reported at 22:58:39 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.93 km (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6497 West, latitude -22.5116 South, depth = 103.93 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006e1n. Id of event: us10006e1n.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km E of Calama, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6497° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.5116° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km E of Calama, 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 02:58:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-16 03:23:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 434 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 0.261 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us10006e1n Id of event.
Event Code 10006e1n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006e1n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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