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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Ovalle in Chile

Posted by admin on April 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -30.3568S, -71.5722WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.5722° West, -30.3568° South, depth 28.41 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700091tm. Unique identifier: us700091tm. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 15:51:29 / April 22, 2020 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.41 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:51:29 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Monte Patria, La Serena (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km NW of Ovalle, 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 -71.5722° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.3568° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km NW of Ovalle, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-22 15:51:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-22 21:10:27 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 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 0.523 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 us700091tm Id of event.
Event Code 700091tm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700091tm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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