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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near La Serena in Chile


Earthquake location -29.6813S, -71.2978WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from La Serena in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -71.2978° West, -29.6813° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/02/19 / 2019-02-12 14:13:09 / February 12, 2019 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:13:09 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jgnn. Event ids that are associated: us2000jgnn. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 25 km N of La Serena, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2978° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.6813° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25km N of La Serena, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-12 14:13:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-12 14:51:46 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 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 0.242 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000jgnn Id of event.
Event Code 2000jgnn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jgnn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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