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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Illapel in Chile


Earthquake location -31.3733S, -72.4584WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.4584° West, -31.3733° South, depth 16.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.2 km (10 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:45:32 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000c6ry. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000c6ry. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 13:45:32 / October 28, 2020 @ 1:45 pm.

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.4584° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3733° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 125 km WNW of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-28 13:45:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-03 10:53:52 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 259 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 0.992 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000c6ry Id of event.
Event Code 7000c6ry An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c6ry, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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