Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Iquique in Chile

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile (73 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 07:39:56 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/15 / 2015-12-27 10:39:56 / December 27, 2015 @ 10:39 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 107.19 km (67 miles). 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: us10004bic. Id of event: us10004bic. Exact location of event, depth 107.19 km, -69.0797° West, -19.8435° South.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 118 km ENE of Iquique, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.0797° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-19.8435° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107.19 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	118km ENE of Iquique, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-27 10:39:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-08 11:23:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-180	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	246	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	0.304	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us10004bic	Id of event.
Event Code	10004bic	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004bic,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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