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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Cauquenes in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Cauquenes in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.7917 West, latitude -35.9221 South, depth = 44.09 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:48:43 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003phn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003phn. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.09 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/15 / 2015-10-18 12:48:43 / October 18, 2015 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Javier, Bulnes, Longaví.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km W of Cauquenes, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.7917° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-35.9221° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42km W of Cauquenes, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-10-18 12:48:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-10-18 13:06:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	370	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	1.127	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	134	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	us10003phn	Id of event.
Event Code	10003phn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10003phn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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