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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Alto Hospicio in Chile


Earthquake location -20.3044S, -69.9849WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Alto Hospicio in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 12:57:59 / October 4, 2024 @ 12:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.9849 West, latitude -20.3044 South, depth = 52.492 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.492 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000nwii. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:57:59 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ESE of Alto Hospicio, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.9849° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.3044° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.492 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km ESE of Alto Hospicio, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-04 12:57:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-04 13:17:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 326 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.141 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000nwii Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwii An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwii, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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