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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Ollagüe in Chile


Earthquake location -20.5963S, -68.7891WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 89 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.7891 West, latitude -20.5963 South, depth = 114.049 km. Event id: us6000muq7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muq7. The temblor was reported at 19:31:28 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 19:31:28 / April 28, 2024 @ 7:31 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.049 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 89 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7891° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.5963° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 114.049 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-28 19:31:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 16:30:47 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 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.79 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us6000muq7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000muq7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muq7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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