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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Tocopilla in Chile


Earthquake location -22.2432S, -70.04WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Tocopilla in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -70.04° West, -22.2432° South, depth 41.503 km. Global time and date of event 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 09:52:34 / October 25, 2024 @ 9:52 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.503 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn3k. Unique identifier: us7000nn3k. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:52:34 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 23 km (15 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tocopilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 23 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.04° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.2432° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.503 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-25 09:52:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 10:50:31 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 271 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.632 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000nn3k Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn3k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn3k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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