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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Linares in Chile

Posted by admin on June 19, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -35.8008S, -71.3205WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Linares in Chile on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 14:58:23 / June 19, 2016 @ 2:58 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3205 West, latitude -35.8008 South, depth = 92.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.46 km (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:58:23 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065dw. Id of event: us200065dw.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rauco, Cauquenes, Curicó (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Parral (c. 26 900 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km ENE of Linares, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3205° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -35.8008° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km ENE of Linares, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-19 14:58:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-19 16:12:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 326 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 0.087 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us200065dw Id of event.
Event Code 200065dw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200065dw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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