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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near La Ligua in Chile


Earthquake location -32.2084S, -71.8624WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Thursday. Global time and date of event 25/06/20 / 2020-06-25 11:55:00 / June 25, 2020 @ 11:55 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ab22. Unique identifier: us7000ab22. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:55:00 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.8624° West, latitude -32.2084° South, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Limache (c. 35 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limache, Villa Alemana, Quilpué (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8624° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.2084° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-25 11:55:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-25 12:14:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.6 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 417 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 0.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us7000ab22 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ab22 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ab22, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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