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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Molina in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Molina in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 22:52:54 / January 9, 2020 @ 10:52 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:52:54 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xad. Id of event: us70006xad. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 95.53 km (59 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.1475° West, -35.0825° South, depth 95.53 km.

The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Linares, Rengo, San Javier (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km ENE of Molina, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.1475° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-35.0825° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	95.53 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km ENE of Molina, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-09 22:52:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-10 00:03:57	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	312	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	0.417	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us70006xad	Id of event.
Event Code	70006xad	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006xad,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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