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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Puerto in Chile

Posted by admin on October 1, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.2253S, -70.6365WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Puerto in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -70.6365 West, latitude -20.2253 South, depth = 31.874 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.874 km (20 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nhdc. Id of event: us7000nhdc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:58 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 05:01:58 / October 1, 2024 @ 5:01 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 50 km W of Puerto, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6365° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.2253° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.874 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km W of Puerto, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 05:01:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 05:21:46 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 2.9 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 433 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 0.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us7000nhdc Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhdc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhdc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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