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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 76 km SW of Ovalle, Chile


Earthquake location -31.0582S, -71.7896WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. Exact location, longitude -71.7896° West, latitude -31.0582° South, depth = 10.41 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 18:36:50 / September 21, 2015 @ 6:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:36:50 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.41 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003mis. Unique identifier: us20003mis. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 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 Salamanca, Monte Patria, Illapel.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 76 km SW of Ovalle, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.7896° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.0582° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km SW of Ovalle, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-21 18:36:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-21 18:57:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.94 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 501 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 2.248 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us20003mis Id of event.
Event Code 20003mis An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003mis, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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