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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Arauco in Chile

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Arauco in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 23:31:59 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.896 km, -73.9529° West, -37.0664° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.896 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: us7000n7us. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7us. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 23:31:59 / August 18, 2024 @ 11:31 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomé, Cañete, Penco (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 59 km WNW of Arauco, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.9529° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-37.0664° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.896 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59 km WNW of Arauco, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-18 23:31:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-18 23:50:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	72	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.186	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	148	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000n7us	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7us	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n7us,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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