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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Copiapó in Chile


Earthquake location -27.056S, -70.9825WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Copiapó in Chile. The temblor was detected at 04:26:32 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.9825° West, -27.056° South, depth 34.993 km. Event id: us6000nntr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nntr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 04:26:32 / August 31, 2024 @ 4:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.993 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Copiapó (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9825° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.056° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.993 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-31 04:26:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 05:15:51 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 271 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.634 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 us6000nntr Id of event.
Event Code 6000nntr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nntr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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