Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 47 km W of Valparaiso, Chile

Posted by admin on April 24, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.9743S, -72.1331WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.1 km (14 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/17 / 2017-04-24 22:21:56 / April 24, 2017 @ 10:21 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:21:56 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10008kdi. Event ids that are associated: us10008kdi. Exact location of event, longitude -72.1331 West, latitude -32.9743 South, depth = 22.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, San Antonio, Quillota (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

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: 47 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.

Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.1331° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.9743° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km 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 2017-04-24 22:21:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-24 22:42:17 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 340 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 0.419 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us10008kdi Id of event.
Event Code 10008kdi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008kdi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today