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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near La Tirana in Chile

Posted by admin on July 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.8216S, -69.7602WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from La Tirana in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94.86 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 03:59:37 / July 24, 2024 @ 3:59 am. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:59:37 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nf3x. Unique identifier: us6000nf3x. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.7602 West, latitude -20.8216 South, depth = 94.86 km.

The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 54 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.7602° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.8216° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km SSW of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-24 03:59:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-24 13:30:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 234 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.337 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 132 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 us6000nf3x Id of event.
Event Code 6000nf3x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nf3x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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