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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Vallenar in Chile


Earthquake location -28.8537S, -70.6219WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Id of earthquake: us6000n9ed. Event ids that are associated: us6000n9ed. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -70.6219° West, -28.8537° South, depth 88.874 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:08:43 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 12:08:43 / June 30, 2024 @ 12:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.874 km (55 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar. The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

Every 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 four 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SSE of Vallenar, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.6219° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.8537° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 88.874 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km SSE of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-30 12:08:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-09 10:57:15 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 326 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.171 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us6000n9ed Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9ed An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9ed, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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