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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Ollagüe in Chile


Earthquake location -21.3978S, -68.3108WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3108 West, latitude -21.3978 South, depth = 103.725 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.725 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:00:58 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mx68. Id of event: us6000mx68. Global time and date of event 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 10:00:58 / May 8, 2024 @ 10:00 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 20 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3108° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.3978° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103.725 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-08 10:00:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 10:15:31 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 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 416 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.153 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us6000mx68 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mx68 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mx68, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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