Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near La Serena in Chile

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.746 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntsj. Unique identifier: us6000ntsj. The temblor was picked up at 02:36:39 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 02:36:39 / September 23, 2024 @ 2:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2231 West, latitude -29.7096 South, depth = 63.746 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Vicuña, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km N of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.2231° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.7096° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63.746 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km N of La Serena, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-23 02:36:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-23 02:56:47	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	4.2	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	450	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	79	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.209	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	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	us6000ntsj	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ntsj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ntsj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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