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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 63 km NNE of Taltal, Chile


Earthquake location -24.8929S, -70.1809WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:54:52 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 03:54:52 / December 28, 2017 @ 3:54 am. Id of earthquake: us1000bwzn. Event ids that are associated: us1000bwzn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.1809 West, latitude -24.8929 South, depth = 52.96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.96 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). 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.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 63 km NNE of Taltal, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.1809° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -24.8929° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km NNE 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 2017-12-28 03:54:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-28 04:13:44 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 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.98 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 467 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 0.334 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us1000bwzn Id of event.
Event Code 1000bwzn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bwzn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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