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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Illapel in Chile


Earthquake location -31.6953S, -71.6549WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 20:14:40 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100031b7. Unique identifier: us100031b7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 00:14:40 / August 12, 2015 @ 12:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.86 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, depth 33.86 km, -71.6549° West, -31.6953° South.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 46 km W of Illapel, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6549° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.6953° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km W of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-12 00:14:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-12 00:42:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 405 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.743 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us100031b7 Id of event.
Event Code 100031b7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100031b7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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