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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Longaví in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Longaví in Chile. The temblor was detected at 09:46:40 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 09:46:40 / August 10, 2024 @ 9:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 77.499 km, -71.9616° West, -35.9102° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.499 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000njbr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njbr.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coihueco, Chillán, Constitución. The epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Cauquenes (c. 31 400 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 25 km WNW of Longaví, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.9616° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-35.9102° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	77.499 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km WNW of Longaví, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-10 09:46:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-11 06:04:02	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.466	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	us6000njbr	Id of event.
Event Code	6000njbr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000njbr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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