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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Calama in Chile

Posted by admin on July 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -22.1729S, -68.5672WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Calama in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.57 km (77 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000asin. Event ids that are associated: us7000asin. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:02:00 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.5672 West, latitude -22.1729 South, depth = 124.57 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/20 / 2020-07-21 18:02:00 / July 21, 2020 @ 6:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km NE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5672° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.1729° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km NE of Calama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-21 18:02:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-21 18:23:47 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 369 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 0.729 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000asin Id of event.
Event Code 7000asin An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000asin, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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