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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Chicureo Abajo in Chile

Posted by admin on August 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.1954S, -70.0439WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Chicureo Abajo in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 03:28:12 / August 17, 2020 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 03:28:12 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.0439 West, latitude -33.1954 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000bft0. Event ids that are associated: us6000bft0.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Felipe, Lampa, San Bernardo. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 57 km E of Chicureo Abajo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.0439° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.1954° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km E of Chicureo Abajo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-17 03:28:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 04:24:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 223 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 0.222 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us6000bft0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000bft0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bft0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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