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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Tocopilla in Chile


Earthquake location -22.8241S, -70.2569WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Tocopilla in Chile. Global time and date of event 16/07/20 / 2020-07-16 14:37:18 / July 16, 2020 @ 2:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:37:18 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000apmw. Event ids that are associated: us7000apmw. Exact location of event, longitude -70.2569 West, latitude -22.8241 South, depth = 57.13 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.13 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta, Tocopilla (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 81 km S of Tocopilla, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2569° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.8241° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km S of Tocopilla, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-16 14:37:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-16 16:02:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 0.057 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us7000apmw Id of event.
Event Code 7000apmw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000apmw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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