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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Antofagasta in Chile


Earthquake location -24.0202S, -69.5234WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.69 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:11:02 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000a188. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a188. Exact location of earthquake, -69.5234° West, -24.0202° South, depth 75.69 km. Global time and date of event 26/07/17 / 2017-07-26 10:11:02 / July 26, 2017 @ 10:11 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 98 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.5234° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.0202° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-26 10:11:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-26 10:35:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 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 0.809 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us2000a188 Id of event.
Event Code 2000a188 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a188, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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