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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Ollagüe in Chile


Earthquake location -21.7055S, -68.6304WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.116 km (86 miles). Event id: us7000nmiy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmiy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6304 West, latitude -21.7055 South, depth = 139.116 km. The temblor was detected at 00:13:03 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 00:13:03 / October 23, 2024 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6304° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.7055° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-23 00:13:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-23 00:25:24 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 298 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 0.576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nmiy Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmiy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmiy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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