Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Coquimbo in Chile

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 23:20:25 / August 30, 2024 @ 11:20 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:20:25 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.199 km (20 miles). Event id: us6000nnsk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nnsk. Exact location of earthquake, -71.6965° West, -30.0762° South, depth 32.199 km.

Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Ovalle, La Serena. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 four and in the last 365 days ten 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.

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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: 37 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.6965° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-30.0762° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.199 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-30 23:20:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-30 23:39:25	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	312	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.427	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	149	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	us6000nnsk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nnsk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nnsk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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