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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile


Earthquake location -32.165S, -72.3367WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 108 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.3367 West, latitude -32.165 South, depth = 27.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 01:34:34 / December 26, 2016 @ 1:34 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.1 km (17 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:34:34 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007msl. Unique identifier: us10007msl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 five and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 108 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.3367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.165° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 108km WNW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-26 01:34:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-05 03:38:57 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 246 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 0.964 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us10007msl Id of event.
Event Code 10007msl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007msl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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