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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag strikes near Bulnes in Chile


Earthquake location -36.6224S, -72.5781WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Bulnes in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 06:25:33 / June 10, 2020 @ 6:25 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:25:33 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 56.68 km (35 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a95p. Unique identifier: us6000a95p. Exact location of event, depth 56.68 km, -72.5781° West, -36.6224° South.

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cauquenes, La Laja, Lota (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 28 km WNW of Bulnes, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.5781° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.6224° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km WNW of Bulnes, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-10 06:25:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-10 06:50:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 189 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 0.507 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a95p Id of event.
Event Code 6000a95p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a95p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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