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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Puente Alto in Chile

Posted by admin on May 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.7433S, -70.3728WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Puente Alto in Chile. Exact location, longitude -70.3728° West, latitude -33.7433° South, depth = 107.53 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 21:45:25 / May 19, 2018 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:45:25 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.53 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000e8qt. Event ids that are associated: us1000e8qt.

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 Rengo, Melipilla, Lampa. Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three 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. Every 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. 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: 24 km SE of Puente Alto, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.3728° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.7433° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km SE of Puente Alto, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-19 21:45:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-19 22:13:08 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 272 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 0.072 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us1000e8qt Id of event.
Event Code 1000e8qt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e8qt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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