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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Taltal in Chile


Earthquake location -25.5166S, -70.9974WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 09:13:05 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000caj9. Event ids that are associated: us6000caj9. Exact location of earthquake, -70.9974° West, -25.5166° South, depth 9.38 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.38 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/20 / 2020-10-21 09:13:05 / October 21, 2020 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal. Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km WSW of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9974° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -25.5166° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km WSW 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 2020-10-21 09:13:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-21 09:33:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 4.436 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 500 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 0.724 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us6000caj9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000caj9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000caj9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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