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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 27 km E of La Tirana, Chile


Earthquake location -20.3263S, -69.3902WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Sunday. 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: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 12:04:10 / September 8, 2024 @ 12:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3902 West, latitude -20.3263 South, depth = 111.381 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.381 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqgi. Unique identifier: us6000nqgi. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:04:10 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km E of La Tirana, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.3902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.3263° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.381 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km E 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 2024-09-08 12:04:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 12:38:17 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 0.289 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us6000nqgi Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqgi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqgi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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