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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Vallenar in Chile

Posted by admin on October 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -28.4011S, -69.8252WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -69.8252 West, latitude -28.4011 South, depth = 107.125 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ny3k. Id of event: us6000ny3k. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.125 km (67 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:55:15 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 14:55:15 / October 11, 2024 @ 2:55 pm.

Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.8252° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.4011° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.125 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-11 14:55:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-11 15:27:19 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.98 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ny3k Id of event.
Event Code 6000ny3k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ny3k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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