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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Los Andes in Chile


Earthquake location -32.6023S, -70.03WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Los Andes in Chile on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzy6. Unique identifier: us6000mzy6. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:56 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 120.918 km, -70.03° West, -32.6023° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 02:15:56 / May 21, 2024 @ 2:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120.918 km (75 miles).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Chicureo Abajo (c. 18 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chicureo Abajo, Llaillay, San Felipe.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 59 km ENE of Los Andes, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.03° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.6023° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.918 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km ENE of Los Andes, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-21 02:15:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-21 02:44:56 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 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 0.765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us6000mzy6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzy6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzy6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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