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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Iquique in Chile

Posted by admin on November 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -19.7185S, -69.4267WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 08:31:01 / November 6, 2018 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:31:01 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 86.22 km, -69.4267° West, -19.7185° 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 86.22 km (54 miles). Unique identifier: us2000i7cy. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i7cy.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 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 thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.4267° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.7185° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93km NE of Iquique, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-06 08:31:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-06 08:56:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 342 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 0.219 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us2000i7cy Id of event.
Event Code 2000i7cy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i7cy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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