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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Lebu in Chile


Earthquake location -37.4644S, -74.1313WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lebu in Chile on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 16:06:14 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/02/17 / 2017-02-19 21:06:14 / February 19, 2017 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008ku5. Unique identifier: us20008ku5. Exact location of earthquake, -74.1313° West, -37.4644° South, depth 18.35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.35 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Cañete, Curanilahue (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 45 km WNW of Lebu, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.1313° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.4644° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km 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 2017-02-19 21:06:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-19 22:26:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 259 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 1.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20008ku5 Id of event.
Event Code 20008ku5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008ku5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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