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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

Posted by admin on August 26, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.2335S, -71.5335WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 06:21:09 / August 26, 2024 @ 6:21 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000n9fz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n9fz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 70.244 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5335 West, latitude -32.2335 South, depth = 70.244 km. The temblor was reported at 06:21:09 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Felipe, Villa Alemana, Quilpué.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.2335° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.244 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-26 06:21:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 07:04:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 327 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 106 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.511 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n9fz Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9fz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n9fz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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