Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near La Tirana in Chile

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 61 km E of La Tirana, Chile (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 94.234 km, -69.0786° West, -20.2481° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8vw. Unique identifier: us7000n8vw. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:35:12 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 00:35:12 / August 23, 2024 @ 12:35 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 94.234 km (59 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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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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: 61 km E of La Tirana, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.0786° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-20.2481° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	94.234 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61 km E 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	2024-08-23 00:35:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-23 05:25:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.6	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	298	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.128	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	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	us7000n8vw	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n8vw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n8vw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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