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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag strikes near Illapel in Chile

Posted by admin on September 21, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -31.7425S, -71.6351WA earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 24.7 km, -71.6351° West, -31.7425° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.7 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: us20003mi0. Ids that are associated to the event: pt15264051, at00nv1fqm, us20003mi0. The temblor was reported at 14:39:58 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 17:39:58 / September 21, 2015 @ 5:39 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Illapel in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 132 km (82 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Hacienda La Calera, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km WSW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6351° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.7425° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km WSW 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 2015-09-21 17:39:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-21 18:10:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 175 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.22 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 1 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 734 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 ,pt,at,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 1.065 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us20003mi0 Id of event.
Event Code 20003mi0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15264051,at00nv1fqm,us20003mi0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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