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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 62 km SE of Monte Patria, Chile


Earthquake location -31.151S, -70.566WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Monte Patria in Chile on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/20 / 2020-10-26 13:15:10 / October 26, 2020 @ 1:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.566 West, latitude -31.151 South, depth = 95.43 km. The temblor was reported at 13:15:10 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000cda6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cda6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.43 km (59 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 62 km SE of Monte Patria, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.566° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.151° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km SE of Monte Patria, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-26 13:15:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-26 14:10:50 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 298 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 0.375 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us6000cda6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000cda6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cda6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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