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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 25 km ENE of Lampa, Chile

Posted by admin on August 2, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.2088S, -70.6355WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Lampa in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/17 / 2017-08-02 07:15:13 / August 2, 2017 @ 7:15 am. Event id: us2000a3js. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a3js. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 88.16 km, -70.6355° West, -33.2088° South. The temblor was reported at 03:15:13 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.16 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Machalí, Rancagua, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 25 km ENE of Lampa, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6355° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.2088° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km ENE of Lampa, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-02 07:15:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-02 07:58:04 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 465 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 0.072 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000a3js Id of event.
Event Code 2000a3js An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000a3js, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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