Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag was detected near Corral in Chile

A earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 149 km WNW of Corral, Chile (93 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:39:20 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: at00qm0phj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20362000, at00qm0phj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -75° West, -39.3° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Corral in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 21:39:20 / December 27, 2020 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 149 km WNW of Corral, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-39.3° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	149 km WNW of Corral, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-27 21:39:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-27 21:50:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	1	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	713	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	2.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154.799987616	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00qm0phj	Id of event.
Event Code	00qm0phj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20362000,at00qm0phj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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