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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 94 km NE of Calama, Chile

Posted by admin on July 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -21.8371S, -68.3111WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:24 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 115.65 km, -68.3111° West, -21.8371° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.65 km (72 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 11:29:24 / July 29, 2018 @ 11:29 am. Event id: us2000gglt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gglt.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km NE of Calama, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3111° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.8371° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km NE of Calama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-29 11:29:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-29 11:57:34 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 298 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 0.951 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us2000gglt Id of event.
Event Code 2000gglt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gglt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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