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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near San Felipe in Chile


Earthquake location -32.2936S, -70.1886WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Felipe in Chile. The temblor was reported at 18:02:13 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70008xx5. Event ids that are associated: us70008xx5. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 21:02:13 / April 16, 2020 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.1886 West, latitude -32.2936 South, depth = 117.83 km. 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 117.83 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llaillay, Salamanca, San Felipe (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NE of San Felipe, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.1886° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.2936° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km NE of San Felipe, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-16 21:02:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-16 21:31:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -180 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 0.559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us70008xx5 Id of event.
Event Code 70008xx5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008xx5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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