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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Arica in Chile


Earthquake location -18.5203S, -71.0382WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Arica in Chile. The temblor was reported at 11:58:43 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/04/19 / 2019-04-05 16:58:43 / April 5, 2019 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.34 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000kawj. Event ids that are associated: us2000kawj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.0382 West, latitude -18.5203 South, depth = 39.34 km.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. 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: 77 km W of Arica, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.0382° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.5203° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km W of Arica, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-05 16:58:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-05 17:17:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 354 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 0.677 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us2000kawj Id of event.
Event Code 2000kawj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000kawj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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