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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Vallenar in Chile

Posted by admin on November 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -28.7234S, -71.5073WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 15:15:12 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nqly. Event ids that are associated: us7000nqly. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 15:15:12 / November 8, 2024 @ 3:15 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.5073° West, latitude -28.7234° South, depth = 38.344 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.344 km (24 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 74 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.5073° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -28.7234° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.344 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km WSW 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 2024-11-08 15:15:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-08 15:29:30 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 326 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us7000nqly Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqly An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqly, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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