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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Angol in Chile


Earthquake location -37.8509S, -72.6939WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Angol in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 17:01:45 / February 17, 2025 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.858 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:01:45 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.6939° West, latitude -37.8509° South, depth = 61.858 km. Unique identifier: us7000pe9i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe9i.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabrero, Lota, Lebu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Los Ángeles (c. 125 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Angol (c. 44 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Victoria (c. 24 600 pop). Close 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. Each 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 6 km SSE of Angol, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.6939° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.8509° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.858 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SSE of Angol, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-17 17:01:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-17 17:21:51 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 298 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 1.64 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us7000pe9i Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe9i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe9i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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