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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

Posted by admin on December 9, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.0378S, -71.6648WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:15:41 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000cpcg. Event ids that are associated: us7000cpcg. Global time and date of event 09/12/20 / 2020-12-09 04:15:41 / December 9, 2020 @ 4:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -71.6648° West, latitude -32.0378° South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, Salamanca, Illapel. Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6648° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.0378° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km NW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-09 04:15:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-09 04:27:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 0.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us7000cpcg Id of event.
Event Code 7000cpcg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cpcg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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