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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Lebu in Chile


Earthquake location -37.9567S, -74.0036WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Lebu in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 12:02:47 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.876 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000n0y7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0y7. Exact location of event, depth 11.876 km, -74.0036° West, -37.9567° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 12:02:47 / May 25, 2024 @ 12:02 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arauco, Curanilahue, Cañete (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lebu (c. 22 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cañete (c. 20 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Every 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 49 km SW of Lebu, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.0036° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.9567° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.876 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km SW of Lebu, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-25 12:02:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-25 12:35:52 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 340 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.37 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n0y7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0y7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0y7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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