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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Graneros in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Graneros in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.795 km (73 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mnn7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mnn7. The temblor was reported at 22:53:45 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 22:53:45 / May 28, 2024 @ 10:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -70.3053° West, latitude -33.9239° South, depth = 117.795 km.

Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Vicente, Lampa, Melipilla.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km ENE of Graneros, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.3053° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.9239° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	117.795 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km ENE of Graneros, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-28 22:53:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-28 23:32:17	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	0.181	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.38 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	us7000mnn7	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mnn7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mnn7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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