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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 69 km NW of Illapel, Chile


Earthquake location -31.217S, -71.72WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.73 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/16 / 2016-01-11 21:16:34 / January 11, 2016 @ 9:16 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:16:34 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.72° West, -31.217° South, depth 30.73 km. Unique identifier: us10004dln. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004dln.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Illapel.

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km NW of Illapel, Chile. This information 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 -71.72° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.217° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km NW of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-11 21:16:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-11 22:33:14 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 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 0.546 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us10004dln Id of event.
Event Code 10004dln An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004dln, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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