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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -30.3077S, -72.0912WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.69 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us20004gw8. Event ids that are associated: us20004gw8. The temblor was picked up at 09:25:43 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0912 West, latitude -30.3077 South, depth = 11.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 14:25:43 / December 13, 2015 @ 2:25 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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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: 82 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.0912° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.3077° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-13 14:25:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-13 19:40:42 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 259 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 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us20004gw8 Id of event.
Event Code 20004gw8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20004gw8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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