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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Calama in Chile

Posted by admin on April 23, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.4074S, -68.6055WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 06:00:35 / April 23, 2018 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6055 West, latitude -22.4074 South, depth = 109.58 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:00:35 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109.58 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dqih. Id of event: us1000dqih.

Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km E of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.4074° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km E of Calama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-23 06:00:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-23 06:20:52 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 0.348 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us1000dqih Id of event.
Event Code 1000dqih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dqih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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