Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Coquimbo in Chile

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.0574° West, -29.9318° South. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:40:49 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pget. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pget. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 05:40:49 / December 30, 2024 @ 5:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo.

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 69 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.0574° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.9318° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69 km W of Coquimbo, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-30 05:40:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-30 05:59:32	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	4.151	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	465	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.711	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	142	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	us6000pget	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pget	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pget,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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