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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

Posted by admin on September 25, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.3162S, -72.181WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.71 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/15 / 2015-09-25 03:19:09 / September 25, 2015 @ 3:19 am. The temblor was reported at 22:19:09 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003nx0. Id of event: us20003nx0. Exact location of earthquake, -72.181° West, -32.3162° South, depth 7.71 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 90 km W of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.181° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.3162° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 90km W of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-25 03:19:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-25 03:59:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 0.84 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us20003nx0 Id of event.
Event Code 20003nx0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003nx0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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