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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 35 km WNW of Lebu, Chile


Earthquake location -37.4821S, -74.0141WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Lebu in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -74.0141 West, latitude -37.4821 South, depth = 34.27 km. Id of earthquake: us10007t94. Event ids that are associated: us10007t94. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.27 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/17 / 2017-01-14 06:59:13 / January 14, 2017 @ 6:59 am. The temblor was reported at 01:59:13 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coronel, Lota, Arauco (min 5000 pop).

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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 35 km WNW of Lebu, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.0141° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.4821° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km WNW 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 2017-01-14 06:59:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-14 07:39:14 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 271 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 0.985 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us10007t94 Id of event.
Event Code 10007t94 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007t94, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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