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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Coquimbo in Chile

Posted by admin on May 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -29.8168S, -71.4147WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event id: us1000dy6n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dy6n. Exact location of event, depth 43.9 km, -71.4147° West, -29.8168° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.9 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 20:25:34 / May 4, 2018 @ 8:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:25:34 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Vicuña, La Serena. Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (10 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).

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

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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: 16 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.4147° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.8168° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-04 20:25:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-04 20:48:13 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 3.4 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 0.183 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us1000dy6n Id of event.
Event Code 1000dy6n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dy6n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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