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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near San Antonio in Chile

Posted by admin on October 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.8077S, -72.1083WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us6000nwtt. Event ids that are associated: us6000nwtt. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:26:57 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 03:26:57 / October 6, 2024 @ 3:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -72.1083 West, latitude -33.8077 South, depth = 23.688 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.688 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valparaíso, Melipilla, Cartagena (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).

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. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 52 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.1083° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.8077° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.688 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-06 03:26:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-06 03:50:47 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 312 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.438 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 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 us6000nwtt Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwtt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwtt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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