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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 46 km WNW of Molina, Chile


Earthquake location -34.9541S, -71.7578WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Molina in Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.7578° West, latitude -34.9541° South, depth = 48 km. The temblor was reported at 13:11:33 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000404c. Event ids that are associated: us1000404c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 16:11:33 / November 21, 2015 @ 4:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 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 Vicente, Constitución, San Javier.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 46 km WNW of Molina, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.7578° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.9541° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km WNW of Molina, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-21 16:11:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-21 19:36:30 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 2 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 272 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 0.152 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us1000404c Id of event.
Event Code 1000404c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000404c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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