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Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag has occurred near Vallenar in Chile

Posted by admin on September 4, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.9693S, -71.3047WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/20 / 2020-09-01 04:09:28 / September 1, 2020 @ 4:09 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Vallenar in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:09:28 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000bfjr. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qfyovo, pt20245000, us7000bfjr. Exact location, longitude -71.3047° West, latitude -27.9693° South, depth = 23 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 117 km (73 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Copiapó, Vallenar (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km NW of Vallenar, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3047° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.9693° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km NW of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-01 04:09:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-03 04:32:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 255 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.754 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 852 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 ,at,pt,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 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us7000bfjr Id of event.
Event Code 7000bfjr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qfyovo,pt20245000,us7000bfjr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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