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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Llaillay in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Llaillay in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 09:28:38 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 79.463 km, -70.8789° West, -32.9135° South. Global time and date of event 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 09:28:38 / May 18, 2024 @ 9:28 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.463 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000mzew. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzew.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buin, Melipilla, El Monte. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 10 km SE of Llaillay, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.8789° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.9135° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	79.463 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km SE of Llaillay, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-18 09:28:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-18 10:27:40	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	298	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.407	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	us6000mzew	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mzew	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mzew,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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