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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 20 km WNW of Chillán, Chile


Earthquake location -36.5193S, -72.3064WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Chillán in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p7jt. Unique identifier: us6000p7jt. Global time and date of event 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 08:40:12 / November 25, 2024 @ 8:40 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:40:12 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 81.694 km, -72.3064° West, -36.5193° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.694 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Longaví, Chiguayante, Talcahuano (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 20 km WNW of Chillán, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.3064° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.5193° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.694 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WNW of Chillán, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-25 08:40:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-02 08:07:46 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000p7jt Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7jt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7jt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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