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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Iquique in Chile


Earthquake location -19.9277S, -70.9675WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Event id: us60006ba0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006ba0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -70.9675° West, -19.9277° South, depth 16.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 21:12:57 / November 13, 2019 @ 9:12 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.13 km (10 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:12:57 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 92 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9675° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -19.9277° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km WNW 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 2019-11-13 21:12:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-13 22:08:15 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 271 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 0.973 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us60006ba0 Id of event.
Event Code 60006ba0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006ba0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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