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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near La Ligua in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.5 km (34 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000gc27. Event ids that are associated: us1000gc27. Exact location of earthquake, -71.6762° West, -32.2343° South, depth 54.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:40:48 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/08/18 / 2018-08-18 01:40:48 / August 18, 2018 @ 1:40 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quilpué, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Chile Hacienda La Calera La Ligua Quillota Quilpue Valparaiso Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.6762° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.2343° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48km WNW of La Ligua, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-18 01:40:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-18 02:00:47	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	284	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	0.457	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	106	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	us1000gc27	Id of event.
Event Code	1000gc27	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000gc27,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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