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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Illapel in Chile


Earthquake location -31.7172S, -71.5492WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 02:50:27 / November 6, 2024 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 43.383 km, -71.5492° West, -31.7172° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.383 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:50:27 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nq6n. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twenty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 37 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5492° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.7172° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.383 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km WSW of Illapel, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-06 02:50:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-06 03:11:24 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 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us7000nq6n Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq6n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq6n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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