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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near La Tirana in Chile


Earthquake location -20.1836S, -69.2327WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Sunday. Event id: us6000pz3q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pz3q. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2327 West, latitude -20.1836 South, depth = 104.821 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/03/25 / 2025-03-16 01:27:09 / March 16, 2025 @ 1:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.821 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:27:09 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 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 Iquique.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 47 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.1836° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 104.821 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-16 01:27:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-16 01:47:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000pz3q Id of event.
Event Code 6000pz3q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pz3q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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