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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Chicureo Abajo in Chile

Posted by admin on August 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.2232S, -70.1587WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Chicureo Abajo in Chile. Id of earthquake: us6000bf5r. Event ids that are associated: us6000bf5r. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:11:58 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/20 / 2020-08-15 11:11:58 / August 15, 2020 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -70.1587° West, -33.2232° South.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Monte, Talagante, Llaillay (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop).

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 fourteen 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km E of Chicureo Abajo, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.1587° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.2232° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km E of Chicureo Abajo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-15 11:11:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-15 11:34:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 357 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 0.182 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us6000bf5r Id of event.
Event Code 6000bf5r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bf5r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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