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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Los Andes in Chile

Posted by admin on April 14, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.0568S, -70.2906WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Los Andes in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/19 / 2019-04-14 12:07:56 / April 14, 2019 @ 12:07 pm. 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 102.99 km (64 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -70.2906° West, -33.0568° South, depth 102.99 km. The temblor was detected at 08:07:56 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700035wb. Id of event: us700035wb.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Monte, Paine, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km SE of Los Andes, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2906° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.0568° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km SE of Los Andes, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-14 12:07:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-14 12:40:20 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 298 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 0.28 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us700035wb Id of event.
Event Code 700035wb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700035wb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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