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Strong earthquake 6.8 mag, 141 km WNW of Corral, Chile

Posted by admin on December 27, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -39.3264S, -74.9067WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) strikes 141 km WNW of Corral, Chile (88 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.9067 West, latitude -39.3264 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000d3i9. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20362000, at00qm0phj, us6000d3i9. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 21:39:15 / December 27, 2020 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:39:15 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Corral in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 141 km WNW of Corral, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.9067° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.3264° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 141 km WNW of Corral, 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 21:39:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-27 21:57:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 35 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7 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 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 736 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 ,pt,at,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 1.27 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 153 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 us6000d3i9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d3i9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20362000,at00qm0phj,us6000d3i9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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