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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile

Posted by admin on August 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -19.6547S, -69.3708WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 01:02:24 / August 4, 2018 @ 1:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.68 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g35u. Id of event: us1000g35u. Exact location of earthquake, -69.3708° West, -19.6547° South, depth 84.68 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:02:24 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

Every 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.3708° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.6547° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102km NE of Iquique, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-04 01:02:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-04 01:22:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 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 416 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 0.166 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us1000g35u Id of event.
Event Code 1000g35u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g35u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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