Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Carahue in Chile

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Carahue in Chile on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.383 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:26:23 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.8601 West, latitude -38.9093 South, depth = 18.383 km. Event id: us7000nwtv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwtv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 06:26:23 / December 7, 2024 @ 6:26 am.

The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Nueva Imperial (c. 18 800 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Pitrufquén (c. 13 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Carahue (c. 11 900 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Freire (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Freire, Pitrufquén, Nueva Imperial.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km WSW of Carahue, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.8601° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-38.9093° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.383 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	64 km WSW of Carahue, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-07 06:26:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-07 06:39:02	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	3.4	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.026	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.87 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	199	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	us7000nwtv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nwtv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nwtv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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