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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Puente Alto in Chile


Earthquake location -33.7875S, -70.2008WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Puente Alto in Chile on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.48 km (68 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:33:10 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 09:33:10 / April 24, 2024 @ 9:33 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtff. Unique identifier: us6000mtff. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 109.48 km, -70.2008° West, -33.7875° South.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Melipilla, Rengo, Lampa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km ESE of Puente Alto, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2008° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.7875° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 109.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 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 2024-04-24 09:33:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 06:07:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 342 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.084 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000mtff Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtff An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtff, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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