Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 107 km SE of Arica, Chile

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 107 km SE of Arica, Chile (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:55:21 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.5104° West, latitude -19.0866° South, depth = 112.77 km. Event id: us6000d3g3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d3g3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.77 km (70 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 13:55:21 / December 27, 2020 @ 1:55 pm.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 107 km SE of Arica, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.5104° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-19.0866° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	112.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	107 km SE of Arica, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-27 13:55:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-27 14:16:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.6	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	402	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	0.651	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 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	us6000d3g3	Id of event.
Event Code	6000d3g3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000d3g3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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