Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Valparaiso in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Event id: us70006elp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006elp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 21:07:08 / November 29, 2019 @ 9:07 pm. Exact location of event, depth 24.2 km, -71.7939° West, -32.7518° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.2 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:07:08 / 4:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, Llaillay, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km NNW of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.7939° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.7518° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35km NNW of Valparaiso, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-11-29 21:07:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-01 23:34:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	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	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	0.3	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us70006elp	Id of event.
Event Code	70006elp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006elp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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