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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Copiapó in Chile

Posted by admin on August 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -26.9594S, -71.1503WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Copiapó in Chile on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 04:15:43 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -71.1503° West, -26.9594° South, depth 12.323 km. 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 12.323 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:15:43 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nih5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nih5.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Copiapó (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 92 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.1503° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.9594° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.323 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-07 04:15:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 04:55:28 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.812 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nih5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nih5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nih5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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