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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Copiapó in Chile

Posted by admin on August 31, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -26.98S, -70.9961WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Copiapó in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nis1. Id of event: us6000nis1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.942 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, depth 27.942 km, -70.9961° West, -26.98° South. The temblor was reported at 01:39:20 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 01:39:20 / August 8, 2024 @ 1:39 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop).

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

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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 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: 78 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.9961° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.98° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.942 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 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 2024-08-08 01:39:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 03:49:40 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 326 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.684 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us6000nis1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nis1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nis1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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