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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Graneros in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Graneros in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 96.13 km, -70.597° West, -33.9613° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 07:40:04 / December 24, 2016 @ 7:40 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.13 km (60 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007mgp. Event ids that are associated: us10007mgp. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:40:04 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chimbarongo, Lampa, Chicureo Abajo. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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 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: 17 km NE of Graneros, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.597° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.9613° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	96.13 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km NE of Graneros, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-24 07:40:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-24 08:04:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	272	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	0.029	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	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	us10007mgp	Id of event.
Event Code	10007mgp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007mgp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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