Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Ollagüe in Chile

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 42 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile (26 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -68.6545° West, latitude -21.302° South, depth = 95.013 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.013 km (59 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:06 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 10:53:06 / June 1, 2024 @ 10:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mpg7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mpg7.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 42 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-68.6545° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-21.302° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	95.013 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km WSW 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	2024-06-01 10:53:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-01 11:19:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.5	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	401	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.819	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	us7000mpg7	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mpg7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mpg7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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