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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Machalí in Chile

Posted by admin on July 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -34.0308S, -70.4043WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Machalí in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/25 / 2025-07-31 21:34:30 / July 31, 2025 @ 9:34 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qx3m. Id of event: us6000qx3m. The temblor was reported at 21:34:30 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.4043 West, latitude -34.0308 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chimbarongo, Lampa, Chicureo Abajo (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 28 km NE of Machalí, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4043° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.0308° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NE of Machalí, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-31 21:34:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-31 22:18:53 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 3.1 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 385 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.303 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 86 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qx3m Id of event.
Event Code 6000qx3m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qx3m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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