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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Illapel in Chile


Earthquake location -31.3106S, -70.9613WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 126.07 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/17 / 2017-01-10 14:59:47 / January 10, 2017 @ 2:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007sd0. Id of event: us10007sd0. Exact location of event, longitude -70.9613 West, latitude -31.3106 South, depth = 126.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:59:47 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Monte Patria, Salamanca.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km NNE of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9613° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3106° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km NNE 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 2017-01-10 14:59:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-10 15:18:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 0.111 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007sd0 Id of event.
Event Code 10007sd0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007sd0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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