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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 19 km SSW of Villarrica, Chile


Earthquake location -39.4403S, -72.3236WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Villarrica in Chile on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:27:15 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh04. Id of event: us7000nh04. Exact location of earthquake, -72.3236° West, -39.4403° South, depth 86.819 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 16:27:15 / September 28, 2024 @ 4:27 pm. 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 86.819 km (54 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Temuco (c. 238 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Valdivia (c. 133 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Villarrica (c. 31 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Animas (c. 30 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Pucón (c. 27 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Panguipulli (c. 16 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Valdivia, Las Animas, Vilcún. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 19 km SSW of Villarrica, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.3236° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.4403° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.819 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SSW of Villarrica, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-28 16:27:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-28 19:17:14 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 284 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.192 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 90 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 us7000nh04 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nh04 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nh04, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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