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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Castro in Chile

Posted by admin on February 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -42.4508S, -74.2463WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Castro in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 12:21:28 / February 6, 2025 @ 12:21 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbsy. Id of event: us7000pbsy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.028 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:21:28 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -74.2463 West, latitude -42.4508 South, depth = 23.028 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Quellón, Ancud, Chonchi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Castro (c. 29 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ancud (c. 28 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five 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.

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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: 38 km W of Castro, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.2463° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -42.4508° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.028 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km W of Castro, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-06 12:21:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-06 13:11:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 355 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.36 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us7000pbsy Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbsy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbsy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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