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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 80 km WNW of Iquique, Chile


Earthquake location -20.0209S, -70.8901WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000cd2g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cd2g. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:17:15 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.8901 West, latitude -20.0209 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 21:17:15 / October 25, 2020 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

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

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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. 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: 80 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.8901° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.0209° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km WNW 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 2020-10-25 21:17:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-25 21:41:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.381 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 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 449 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 0.836 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000cd2g Id of event.
Event Code 6000cd2g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cd2g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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