Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Cartagena in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Cartagena in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mxja. Unique identifier: us7000mxja. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/24 / 2024-07-07 04:26:18 / July 7, 2024 @ 4:26 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:26:18 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.387 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7322° West, -33.3594° South, depth 32.387 km.

The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Llaillay, Peñaflor, Talagante.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.7322° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.3594° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.387 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km NNW of Cartagena, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-07 04:26:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-17 23:56:51	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	271	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	37	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	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us7000mxja	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mxja	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mxja,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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