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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Traiguén in Chile


Earthquake location -38.2394S, -72.6817WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Traiguén in Chile. Unique identifier: us7000pcde. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcde. Global time and date of event 08/02/25 / 2025-02-08 21:06:35 / February 8, 2025 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.596 km (36 miles). Exact location of event, depth 57.596 km, -72.6817° West, -38.2394° South. The temblor was reported at 21:06:35 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Ángeles, Pitrufquén, Nacimiento. Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Temuco (c. 238 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Los Ángeles (c. 125 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Angol (c. 44 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Victoria (c. 24 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Mulchén (c. 22 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lautaro (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km NW of Traiguén, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.6817° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -38.2394° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.596 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km NW of Traiguén, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-08 21:06:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-13 01:37:34 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.641 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000pcde Id of event.
Event Code 7000pcde An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pcde, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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