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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Talca in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Talca in Chile on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us2000j85c. Event ids that are associated: us2000j85c. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9058° West, -35.0111° South, depth 43.96 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/19 / 2019-01-24 08:06:10 / January 24, 2019 @ 8:06 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:06:10 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 43.96 km (27 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Javier (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chimbarongo, San Clemente, Teno (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km NNW of Talca, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.9058° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-35.0111° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51km NNW of Talca, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-01-24 08:06:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-24 21:55:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	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	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	0.02	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	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	us2000j85c	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j85c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j85c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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