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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Diego de Almagro in Chile

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Earthquake location -26.2035S, -69.0909WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 97 km ENE of Diego de Almagro, Chile (60 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126.915 km (79 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:09:28 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.0909 West, latitude -26.2035 South, depth = 126.915 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mzs5. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzs5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 08:09:28 / May 20, 2024 @ 8:09 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 97 km ENE of Diego de Almagro, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.0909° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.2035° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126.915 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97 km ENE of Diego de Almagro, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-20 08:09:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 09:10:43 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.13 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000mzs5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzs5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzs5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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