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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 40 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile

Posted by admin on September 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.2187S, -69.2907WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from La Tirana in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 04:55:56 / September 19, 2025 @ 4:55 am. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:55:56 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 93.77 km (58 miles). Event id: us7000qx7a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qx7a. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2907 West, latitude -20.2187 South, depth = 93.77 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2907° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.2187° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km ENE of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-19 04:55:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-19 05:14:24 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 4.8 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 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 467 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.15 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us7000qx7a Id of event.
Event Code 7000qx7a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qx7a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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