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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Tocopilla in Chile


Earthquake location -22.4094S, -70.5716WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Tocopilla in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -70.5716° West, -22.4094° South, depth 18.66 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.66 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 04:25:25 / September 17, 2024 @ 4:25 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000neem. Event ids that are associated: us7000neem. The temblor was reported at 04:25:25 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tocopilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 52 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.5716° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.4094° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 04:25:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-18 03:20:29 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 222 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.839 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us7000neem Id of event.
Event Code 7000neem An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000neem, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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