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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Taltal in Chile


Earthquake location -25.6374S, -71.0861WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:07:18 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 14:07:18 / August 18, 2024 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.903 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.0861 West, latitude -25.6374 South, depth = 9.903 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n7sy. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7sy.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal.

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 three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km WSW of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.0861° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -25.6374° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.903 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65 km WSW of Taltal, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-18 14:07:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 13:48:15 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 298 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.672 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 us7000n7sy Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7sy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7sy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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