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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Curico in Chile


Earthquake location -34.9876S, -71.0792WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Curico in Chile on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 94.59 km (59 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000isjl. Unique identifier: us2000isjl. Exact location, longitude -71.0792° West, latitude -34.9876° South, depth = 94.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 17:55:06 / December 11, 2018 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:55:06 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Machalí (c. 27 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Machalí, Rancagua, San Javier (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km E of Curico, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.0792° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.9876° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km E of Curico, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-11 17:55:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-11 18:24:06 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 2.7 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 326 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 0.312 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us2000isjl Id of event.
Event Code 2000isjl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000isjl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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