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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Coquimbo in Chile

Posted by admin on August 31, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -29.8275S, -71.8279WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 13:04:47 / August 31, 2024 @ 1:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:04:47 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25.688 km, -71.8279° West, -29.8275° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.688 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000nnvk. Event ids that are associated: us6000nnvk.

The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 49 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8279° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.8275° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.688 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-31 13:04:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 13:20:35 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 385 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.52 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us6000nnvk Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnvk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnvk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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