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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Coronel in Chile

Posted by admin on May 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -36.8699S, -73.6656WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Coronel in Chile on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:20:28 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000muwb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muwb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.571 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -73.6656° West, -36.8699° South, depth 15.571 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 14:20:28 / April 29, 2024 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lebu, Curanilahue, Tomé.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km WNW of Coronel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.6656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.8699° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.571 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km WNW of Coronel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-29 14:20:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-08 16:30:39 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 0.4 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us6000muwb Id of event.
Event Code 6000muwb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muwb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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