Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 42 km W of Valparaiso, Chile

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 02:36:05 / April 23, 2017 @ 2:36 am. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:36:05 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -72.085° West, -33.0393° South, depth 9.78 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.78 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008jvr. Id of event: us10008jvr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lampa, Melipilla, Llaillay.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 42 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.

Chile Hacienda La Calera Lampa Llaillay Melipilla Quillota Quilpue San Antonio Valparaiso Villa Alemana Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.085° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.0393° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42km W of Valparaiso, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-23 02:36:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-23 02:57:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	141	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.12	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	614	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	0.376	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwp	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10008jvr	Id of event.
Event Code	10008jvr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008jvr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-72.085° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-33.0393° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

9.78 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

42km W of Valparaiso, Chile

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-04-23 02:36:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-04-23 02:57:17

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

141

The total number of felt reports

CDI

5.6

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.12

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

614

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.376

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.97 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mwp

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008jvr

Id of event.

Event Code

10008jvr

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008jvr,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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