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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 47 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Posted by admin on August 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -23.2097S, -67.8651WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (29 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.968 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.8651 West, latitude -23.2097 South, depth = 129.968 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7j8. Id of event: us7000n7j8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:02:33 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 00:02:33 / August 17, 2024 @ 12:02 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.8651° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.2097° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.968 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-17 00:02:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 00:29:17 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 259 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000n7j8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7j8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7j8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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