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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile


Earthquake location -19.604S, -69.2794WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 113 km NE of Iquique, Chile (70 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -69.2794 West, latitude -19.604 South, depth = 99.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g8mv. Unique identifier: us1000g8mv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.82 km (62 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 05:32:33 / August 14, 2018 @ 5:32 am. The temblor was detected at 01:32:33 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 113 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This information 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 -69.2794° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.604° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 99.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113km 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 2018-08-14 05:32:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-14 05:55:14 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 4.1 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 401 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 0.102 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000g8mv Id of event.
Event Code 1000g8mv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g8mv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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