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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near La Ligua in Chile

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5983° West, -32.0334° South, depth 47.346 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 18:46:37 / September 22, 2024 @ 6:46 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000ntqb. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntqb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.346 km (29 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:46:37 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quillota, Hacienda La Calera, Salamanca.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km NW of La Ligua, Chile.

Chile Hacienda La Calera Illapel La Ligua Quillota Salamanca

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.5983° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.0334° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.346 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km NW of La Ligua, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-22 18:46:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-22 19:07:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	386	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	77	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.53	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000ntqb	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ntqb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ntqb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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