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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Coquimbo in Chile

Posted by admin on June 6, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.0757S, -71.429WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.429 West, latitude -30.0757 South, depth = 38.29 km. Event id: us200062bu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062bu. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.29 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:16:03 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 13:16:03 / June 6, 2016 @ 1:16 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 15 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.429° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.0757° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-06 13:16:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-06 13:40:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.21 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 483 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 0.227 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200062bu Id of event.
Event Code 200062bu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200062bu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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