Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Valparaiso in Chile

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9963 West, latitude -33.0335 South, depth = 19.89 km. The temblor was detected at 21:52:37 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.89 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 02:52:37 / April 23, 2017 @ 2:52 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008jvx. Id of event: us10008jvx.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Llaillay, La Ligua, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km W of Valparaiso, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Chile Hacienda La Calera La Ligua Llaillay Quillota Quilpue San Antonio Valparaiso Villa Alemana Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.9963° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.0335° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km W of Valparaiso, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-23 02:52:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-23 03:11:38	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	3.1	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	355	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	0.301	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us10008jvx	Id of event.
Event Code	10008jvx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008jvx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-71.9963° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-33.0335° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

19.89 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

34km W of Valparaiso, Chile

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-04-23 02:52:37

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-04-23 03:11:38

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

3.1

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

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

355

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.301

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.94 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

134

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008jvx

Id of event.

Event Code

10008jvx

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008jvx,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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