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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Lebu in Chile


Earthquake location -38.1321S, -74.0988WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Lebu in Chile on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.0988 West, latitude -38.1321 South, depth = 11.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.7 km (7 miles). Event id: us10007b4u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007b4u. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 12:51:47 / November 21, 2016 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:51:47 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Curanilahue, Cañete, Lebu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 69 km SW of Lebu, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.0988° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -38.1321° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km SW of Lebu, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-21 12:51:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-21 13:15:28 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 354 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 0.86 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us10007b4u Id of event.
Event Code 10007b4u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007b4u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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