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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Vallenar in Chile


Earthquake location -28.2711S, -70.7404WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us600069w3. Unique identifier: us600069w3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/11/19 / 2019-11-10 07:21:29 / November 10, 2019 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -70.7404° West, -28.2711° South, depth 105.33 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.33 km (65 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:21:29 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 33 km N of Vallenar, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.7404° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.2711° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km N of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-10 07:21:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-10 07:37:09 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 400 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 0.301 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us600069w3 Id of event.
Event Code 600069w3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600069w3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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