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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile


Earthquake location -30.0576S, -71.2276WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 11:45:52 / October 1, 2024 @ 11:45 am. Exact location, longitude -71.2276° West, latitude -30.0576° South, depth = 62.252 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nhg7. Unique identifier: us7000nhg7. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.252 km (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:45:52 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Vicuña (min 5000 pop).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 15 km SE of Coquimbo, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.2276° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -30.0576° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.252 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SE of Coquimbo, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 11:45:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-02 08:44:10 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.139 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us7000nhg7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhg7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhg7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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