Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.7556° West, -29.5116° South, depth 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 01:54:36 / April 6, 2020 @ 1:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:54:36 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70008pmv. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008pmv.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.7556° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.5116° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63km NW of Coquimbo, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-04-06 01:54:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-06 02:10:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		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	284	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	0.605	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	98	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	us70008pmv	Id of event.
Event Code	70008pmv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70008pmv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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