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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Santa Cruz in Chile

Posted by admin on August 30, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -34.3338S, -71.9241WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Santa Cruz in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/19 / 2019-08-29 14:31:28 / August 29, 2019 @ 2:31 pm. The temblor was detected at 10:31:28 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us700059nx. Ids that are associated to the event: us700059nx. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.7 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 22.7 km, -71.9241° West, -34.3338° South.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chimbarongo (c. 17 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rauco (c. 8 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Teno, Cartagena, Chimbarongo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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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 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: 61 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9241° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.3338° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-29 14:31:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-30 05:25:09 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 272 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 0.696 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us700059nx Id of event.
Event Code 700059nx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700059nx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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