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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 44 km ENE of Salamanca, Chile

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Earthquake location -31.6853S, -70.51WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Salamanca in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.07 km (72 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:53:21 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 116.07 km, -70.51° West, -31.6853° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 20:53:21 / July 4, 2024 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx4p. Unique identifier: us7000mx4p.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, Salamanca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six 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 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km ENE of Salamanca, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.51° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.6853° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km ENE of Salamanca, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-04 20:53:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-05 13:20:45 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.858 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us7000mx4p Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx4p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx4p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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