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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near La Serena in Chile


Earthquake location -29.4437S, -71.3976WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from La Serena in Chile on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 03:29:48 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.43 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -71.3976° West, latitude -29.4437° South, depth = 39.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/19 / 2019-06-26 07:29:48 / June 26, 2019 @ 7:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000456w. Event ids that are associated: us7000456w.

Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 53 km NNW of La Serena, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.3976° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.4437° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km NNW 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 2019-06-26 07:29:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-03 05:47:52 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 0.493 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us7000456w Id of event.
Event Code 7000456w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000456w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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