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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Vallenar in Chile

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -28.6799S, -71.6839WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Event id: us6000myfh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myfh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.929 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6839 West, latitude -28.6799 South, depth = 19.929 km. The temblor was reported at 03:18:36 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 03:18:36 / May 14, 2024 @ 3:18 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has occurred 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: 91 km W of Vallenar, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6839° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.6799° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.929 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km W of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-14 03:18:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 16:59:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 355 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.716 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000myfh Id of event.
Event Code 6000myfh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myfh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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