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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Villa Presidente Frei in Nunoa in Santiago in Chile in Chile

Posted by admin on February 3, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.1536S, -69.7256WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Villa Presidente Frei in Nunoa in Santiago in Chile in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/17 / 2017-02-03 00:52:27 / February 3, 2017 @ 12:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude -69.7256 West, latitude -33.1536 South, depth = 17.76 km. Event id: us20008h9r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008h9r. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:52:27 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.76 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Argentina (c. 41 343 000 pop), Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mendoza (c. 876 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lampa, San Felipe, San Bernardo.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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: 86 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Nunoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.7256° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.1536° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Nunoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-03 00:52:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-03 01:10:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 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 449 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 0.514 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us20008h9r Id of event.
Event Code 20008h9r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008h9r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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