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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near La Serena in Chile


Earthquake location -29.8452S, -71.2664WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:36:28 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/11/19 / 2019-11-21 01:36:28 / November 21, 2019 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. 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 54.29 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -71.2664° West, -29.8452° South, depth 54.29 km. Id of earthquake: us70006as5. Event ids that are associated: us70006as5.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Vicuña, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 7 km N of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2664° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.8452° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km N 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 2019-11-21 01:36:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-21 01:51:38 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 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 0.077 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006as5 Id of event.
Event Code 70006as5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006as5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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