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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Villa Presidente Frei in Nunoa in Santiago in Chile in Chile


Earthquake location -33.3783S, -70.2124WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Villa Presidente Frei in Nunoa in Santiago in Chile in Chile. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:08:35 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 12:08:35 / July 25, 2016 @ 12:08 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -70.2124 West, latitude -33.3783 South, depth = 96 km. Id of earthquake: us20006hes. Event ids that are associated: us20006hes. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llaillay, Graneros, San Felipe. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop).

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. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Nunoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2124° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.3783° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Nunoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-25 12:08:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-25 12:28:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 313 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 0.083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us20006hes Id of event.
Event Code 20006hes An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006hes, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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