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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near La Ligua in Chile

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Earthquake location -32.2857S, -71.9425WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.653 km (17 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:20:04 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 08:20:04 / December 15, 2024 @ 8:20 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9425 West, latitude -32.2857 South, depth = 27.653 km. Event id: us7000nz12. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz12. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.9425° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.2857° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.653 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-15 08:20:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-05 14:01:21 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.776 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nz12 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nz12 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nz12, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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