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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Quellón in Chile


Earthquake location -43.0839S, -73.9913WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Quellón in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 14:40:01 / September 8, 2024 @ 2:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 61.854 km, -73.9913° West, -43.0839° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.854 km (38 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nqh2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqh2. The temblor was reported at 14:40:01 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Castro, Chonchi, Puerto Quellón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Castro (c. 29 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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. 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: 30 km W of Quellón, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.9913° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -43.0839° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.854 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km W of Quellón, 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 14:40:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-27 13:43:48 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.36 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nqh2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqh2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqh2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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