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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near La Tirana in Chile

Posted by admin on June 4, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.869S, -70.597WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.838 km (31 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:33:36 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mqas. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqas. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 17:33:36 / June 4, 2024 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -70.597° West, latitude -20.869° South, depth = 49.838 km.

Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SW of La Tirana, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.597° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.869° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.838 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SW of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-04 17:33:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-04 20:15:02 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 284 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.738 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us7000mqas Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqas An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqas, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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