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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Camiña in Chile


Earthquake location -18.8861S, -69.6099WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Camiña in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.6099 West, latitude -18.8861 South, depth = 100.136 km. The temblor was reported at 01:44:38 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n7q4. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7q4. Global time and date of event 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 01:44:38 / August 18, 2024 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT. 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 100.136 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNW of Camiña, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.6099° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.8861° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.136 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km NNW of Camiña, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-18 01:44:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-18 02:09:15 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 354 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.557 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us7000n7q4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7q4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7q4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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