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Light earthquake 4 mag, 33 km NE of Illapel, Chile


Earthquake location -31.457S, -70.88WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was reported at 22:19:38 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 85.1 km (53 miles). Global time of event 20/04/15 / 2015-04-20 01:19:38 / April 20, 2015 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -70.88 West, latitude -31.457 South, depth 85.1 km, unique identifier, us200027pl.

Close countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Salamanca, Illapel.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.88° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.457° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km NE of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-20 01:19:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-21 23:07:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 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 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 246 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us200027pl Id of event.
Event Code 200027pl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200027pl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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