Strong earthquake, 6.7 mag has occurred near Valparaiso in Chile

A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. A tsunami warning has been issued near Valparaiso in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/17 / 2017-04-24 21:38:24 / April 24, 2017 @ 9:38 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: at00ooxo40, pt17114000. Unique identifier: at00ooxo40. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:38:24 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -72° West, -33° South, depth 33 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago, Los Andes, Chicureo Abajo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 136 km (84 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 128 km (80 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.

Chicureo Abajo Chile Lo Prado Los Andes Peñaflor Quillota Quilpue San Antonio Santiago Valparaiso Villa Alemana Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35km 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	2017-04-24 21:38:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-24 21:52:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	9	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.8	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	1	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	696	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107.99999136	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00ooxo40	Id of event.
Event Code	00ooxo40	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00ooxo40,pt17114000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-72° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-33° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

35km 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

2017-04-24 21:38:24

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-04-24 21:52:51

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

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

5.8

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

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

696

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

,at,pt,

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

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

Root Mean Square

1.62 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

107.99999136

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

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

at00ooxo40

Id of event.

Event Code

00ooxo40

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

Event IDS

,at00ooxo40,pt17114000,

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

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