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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near San Felipe in Chile

Posted by admin on June 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.376S, -70.3783WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Felipe in Chile. Event id: us7000mt3g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt3g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.7 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:07:55 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -70.3783 West, latitude -32.376 South, depth = 118.7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 23:07:55 / June 17, 2024 @ 11:07 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, Salamanca, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 52 km NE of San Felipe, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.3783° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.376° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km NE of San Felipe, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-17 23:07:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-17 23:50:39 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.805 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us7000mt3g Id of event.
Event Code 7000mt3g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mt3g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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