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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near La Ligua in Chile


Earthquake location -32.0206S, -71.8836WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 07:23:19 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.333 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8836 West, latitude -32.0206 South, depth = 26.333 km. Unique identifier: us6000nptb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nptb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 07:23:19 / September 5, 2024 @ 7:23 am.

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km NW of La Ligua, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8836° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.0206° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.333 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km NW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-05 07:23:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 05:15:18 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 246 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.772 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nptb Id of event.
Event Code 6000nptb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nptb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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