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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near La Serena in Chile


Earthquake location -29.6606S, -71.2425WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Serena in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000npid. Unique identifier: us7000npid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.2425° West, latitude -29.6606° South, depth = 68.275 km. The temblor was detected at 07:42:14 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 07:42:14 / November 2, 2024 @ 7:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.275 km (42 miles).

Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen 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.

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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. 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: 27 km N of La Serena, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2425° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.6606° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.275 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 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 2024-11-02 07:42:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-02 08:20:56 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.257 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000npid Id of event.
Event Code 7000npid An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npid, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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