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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 17 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Puente Alto in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/20 / 2020-08-22 22:26:56 / August 22, 2020 @ 10:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.45 km (61 miles). Exact location, longitude -70.4124° West, latitude -33.6822° South, depth = 98.45 km. Id of earthquake: us6000bj7b. Event ids that are associated: us6000bj7b. The temblor was detected at 22:26:56 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (21 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rengo, Melipilla, Rancagua (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.4124° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.6822° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	98.45 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-22 22:26:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-22 23:09:58	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	0.121	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.47 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	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	us6000bj7b	Id of event.
Event Code	6000bj7b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000bj7b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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