Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.62 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.0915° West, latitude -32.3344° South, depth = 10.62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 12:52:19 / September 19, 2015 @ 12:52 pm. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:52:19 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003luw. Unique identifier: us20003luw.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Llaillay, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Limache (c. 35 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km W of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Chile Hacienda La Calera Illapel La Ligua Limache Llaillay Quillota Quilpue Salamanca Valparaiso Villa Alemana Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.0915° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.3344° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	82km W of La Ligua, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-09-19 12:52:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-19 13:18:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.48	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	595	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	0.786	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20003luw	Id of event.
Event Code	20003luw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003luw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-72.0915° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-32.3344° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10.62 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

82km W of La Ligua, Chile

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-09-19 12:52:19

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-09-19 13:18:37

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.48

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

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

595

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.786

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.7 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mwb

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20003luw

Id of event.

Event Code

20003luw

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20003luw,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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