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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Chimbarongo in Chile


Earthquake location -34.6847S, -70.7766WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Chimbarongo in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7766 West, latitude -34.6847 South, depth = 103.21 km. Event id: us2000bj4r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bj4r. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/17 / 2017-11-06 07:52:18 / November 6, 2017 @ 7:52 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.21 km (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:52:18 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Graneros, Molina, Machalí. Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Machalí (c. 27 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km E of Chimbarongo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.7766° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.6847° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 103.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km E of Chimbarongo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-06 07:52:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-06 08:11:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 0.107 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us2000bj4r Id of event.
Event Code 2000bj4r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bj4r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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