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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Iquique in Chile


Earthquake location -20.7233S, -69.2883WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile (65 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/19 / 2019-08-12 08:17:50 / August 12, 2019 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:17:50 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.66 km (67 miles). Exact location of event, depth 107.66 km, -69.2883° West, -20.7233° South. Unique identifier: us600053xh. Ids that are associated to the event: us600053xh.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fifty-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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 105 km ESE of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2883° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.7233° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105km ESE of Iquique, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-12 08:17:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-12 08:47:42 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 340 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 0.368 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us600053xh Id of event.
Event Code 600053xh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600053xh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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