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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near La Tirana in Chile


Earthquake location -20.534S, -69.2677WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 46 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile (29 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 02:09:12 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.2677 West, latitude -20.534 South, depth = 97.986 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnyz. Unique identifier: us6000nnyz. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 02:09:12 / September 1, 2024 @ 2:09 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.986 km (61 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 46 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2677° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.534° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.986 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km ESE of La Tirana, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-01 02:09:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-01 02:36:46 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 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 285 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.405 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us6000nnyz Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnyz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnyz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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