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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 44 km SE of Los Andes, Chile

Posted by admin on July 13, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.0939S, -70.2347WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Los Andes in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -70.2347 West, latitude -33.0939 South, depth = 98.52 km. Unique identifier: us20002xac. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002xac. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 21:16:47 / July 13, 2015 @ 9:16 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:16:47 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.52 km (61 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, Quillota, Limache (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 44 km SE of Los Andes, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2347° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.0939° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SE of Los Andes, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-13 21:16:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-13 21:44:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 374 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 0.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us20002xac Id of event.
Event Code 20002xac An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002xac, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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