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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 11 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Chile


Earthquake location -33.4366S, -70.4563WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Villa Presidente Frei in Chile. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:58:05 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.4563° West, latitude -33.4366° South, depth = 102.457 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn0l. Id of event: us6000nn0l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.457 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 04:58:05 / August 27, 2024 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rancagua, Machalí, Llaillay (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 11 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4563° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.4366° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.457 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-27 04:58:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-27 13:25:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 234 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.057 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us6000nn0l Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn0l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn0l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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