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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Arica in Chile


Earthquake location -18.2728S, -70.6548WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Arica in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.6548 West, latitude -18.2728 South, depth = 60.379 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/24 / 2024-06-07 05:47:36 / June 7, 2024 @ 5:47 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:47:36 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mqwb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqwb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.379 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 43 km WNW of Arica, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6548° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.2728° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.379 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km WNW of Arica, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-07 05:47:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-07 06:49:03 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 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.313 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us7000mqwb Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqwb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqwb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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