Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The temblor was reported at 05:29:55 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48.339 km, -71.8802° West, -32.2611° South. 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 48.339 km (30 miles). Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 05:29:55 / April 22, 2024 @ 5:29 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000mds2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mds2.

Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Viña del Mar, Valparaíso (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.8802° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.2611° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	48.339 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	64 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-22 05:29:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-23 07:32:03	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	259	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.785	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	176	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	us7000mds2	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mds2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mds2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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