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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Puerto Quellon in Chile


Earthquake location -43.1093S, -74.5376WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Puerto Quellon in Chile. 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: us10005bph. Id of event: us10005bph. Exact location, longitude -74.5376° West, latitude -43.1093° South, depth = 14.56 km. Global time and date of event 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 10:54:48 / April 17, 2016 @ 10:54 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.56 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:54:48 / 7:54 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chonchi, Puerto Quellón (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km W of Puerto Quellon, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.5376° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -43.1093° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km W of Puerto Quellon, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-04-17 10:54:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-06 08:29:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 0.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 221 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 us10005bph Id of event.
Event Code 10005bph An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005bph, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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