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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Illapel in Chile


Earthquake location -31.4448S, -71.0212WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Friday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:54:51 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 98.342 km (61 miles). Global time and date of event 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 01:54:51 / August 23, 2024 @ 1:54 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000n8w6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8w6. Exact location of earthquake, -71.0212° West, -31.4448° South, depth 98.342 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Salamanca, Illapel. 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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 25 km NE of Illapel, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.0212° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.4448° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.342 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km NE of Illapel, 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 01:54:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-24 00:11:33 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 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.598 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000n8w6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8w6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8w6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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