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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Talcahuano in Chile

Posted by admin on November 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -36.5898S, -73.4947WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Talcahuano in Chile. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:16:17 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.4947 West, latitude -36.5898 South, depth = 20.03 km. Event id: us10007685. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007685. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.03 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/11/16 / 2016-11-08 05:16:17 / November 8, 2016 @ 5:16 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yumbel, Curanilahue, Arauco. Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 36 km WNW of Talcahuano, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.4947° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.5898° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km WNW of Talcahuano, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-08 05:16:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-08 06:35:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 369 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 0.291 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us10007685 Id of event.
Event Code 10007685 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007685, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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