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Strong earthquake: M6.4 quake has struck near Molina in Chile

Posted by admin on December 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -35.3208S, -70.9004WA earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Molina in Chile. Exact location, longitude -70.9004° West, latitude -35.3208° South, depth = 110.558 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 23:38:18 / December 13, 2024 @ 11:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.558 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nyqr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nyqr. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:38:18 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Machalí, Rancagua, Parral. Earthquake epicenter was 129 km (80 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 129 km (80 miles) from Machalí (c. 27 600 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ESE of Molina, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9004° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -35.3208° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.558 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE of Molina, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-13 23:38:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 00:00:51 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 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.317 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 631 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.536 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 96 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 us7000nyqr Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyqr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyqr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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