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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Ovalle in Chile

Posted by admin on January 29, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.6795S, -71.1577WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 85.49 km, -71.1577° West, -30.6795° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 20:25:34 / January 29, 2019 @ 8:25 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 85.49 km (53 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:25:34 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000ja5n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ja5n.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Vicuña, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).

Every 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 fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 9 km SSE of Ovalle, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.1577° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.6795° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km SSE of Ovalle, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-29 20:25:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-29 20:46:02 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 259 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 0.433 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us2000ja5n Id of event.
Event Code 2000ja5n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ja5n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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