Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Coquimbo in Chile

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 10:12:20 / December 30, 2024 @ 10:12 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgh0. Id of event: us6000pgh0. The temblor was detected at 10:12:20 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.354 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -72.0232° West, -29.9404° South, depth 24.354 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 66 km W of Coquimbo, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.0232° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.9404° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.354 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66 km W of Coquimbo, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-30 10:12:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-30 12:46:22	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.682	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	180	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	us6000pgh0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pgh0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pgh0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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