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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Taltal in Chile


Earthquake location -24.8016S, -70.6368WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 21:45:12 / November 27, 2015 @ 9:45 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -70.6368 West, latitude -24.8016 South, depth = 45.33 km. The temblor was reported at 18:45:12 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.33 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100041th. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041th. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal. The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 68 km NNW of Taltal, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6368° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.8016° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km NNW of Taltal, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-27 21:45:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-27 22:03:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.274 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us100041th Id of event.
Event Code 100041th An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041th, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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