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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near La Ligua in Chile


Earthquake location -32.5309S, -71.8232WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz4h. Unique identifier: us6000mz4h. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 05:39:58 / May 17, 2024 @ 5:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.8232 West, latitude -32.5309 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:39:58 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Llaillay, Limache, Villa Alemana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Limache (c. 35 900 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km W of La Ligua, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8232° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.5309° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56 km W 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 2024-05-17 05:39:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-17 06:37:19 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 340 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.512 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000mz4h Id of event.
Event Code 6000mz4h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mz4h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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