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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Tocopilla in Chile


Earthquake location -21.2043S, -69.2609WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile (86 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.7 km (30 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/17 / 2017-07-22 06:29:50 / July 22, 2017 @ 6:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, -69.2609° West, -21.2043° South, depth 48.7 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:29:50 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009zmz. Unique identifier: us20009zmz.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 138 km NE of Tocopilla, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2609° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.2043° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 138km NE of Tocopilla, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-22 06:29:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-22 06:54:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 434 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 0.265 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20009zmz Id of event.
Event Code 20009zmz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009zmz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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