Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Loncoche in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Loncoche in Chile on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 76.988 km, -72.6067° West, -39.5493° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mth0. Unique identifier: us6000mth0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 15:10:34 / April 24, 2024 @ 3:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.988 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:10:34 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Temuco (c. 238 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Valdivia (c. 133 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Villarrica (c. 31 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Las Animas (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pucón (c. 27 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Nueva Imperial (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nueva Imperial, Río Bueno, La Unión (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km S of Loncoche, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.6067° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-39.5493° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	76.988 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km S of Loncoche, 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 15:10:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-24 22:52:31	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	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	312	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	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.218	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	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	us6000mth0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mth0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mth0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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