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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Molina in Chile


Earthquake location -35.3597S, -71.2416WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Molina in Chile on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008iu6. Unique identifier: us10008iu6. Global time and date of event 18/04/17 / 2017-04-18 22:25:34 / April 18, 2017 @ 10:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:25:34 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.44 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.2416 West, latitude -35.3597 South, depth = 108.44 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Javier (c. 22 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chimbarongo (c. 17 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz, Longaví, Chimbarongo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km S of Molina, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2416° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -35.3597° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km S of Molina, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-18 22:25:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-18 22:48:16 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 326 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 0.427 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us10008iu6 Id of event.
Event Code 10008iu6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008iu6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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