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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 40 km SE of Molina, Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Molina in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.78 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/24 / 2024-11-11 08:19:29 / November 11, 2024 @ 8:19 am. Exact location of event, depth 113.78 km, -70.932° West, -35.3348° South. The temblor was picked up at 08:19:29 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nr4d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nr4d.

Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Javier (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz, Linares, San Javier (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three 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.

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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: 40 km SE of Molina, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.932° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-35.3348° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	113.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40 km SE of Molina, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-11 08:19:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-12 07:37:00	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	259	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.555	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	135	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	us7000nr4d	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nr4d	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nr4d,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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