Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near La Ligua in Chile

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.538 km (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pcmu. Id of event: us7000pcmu. Exact location of event, depth 59.538 km, -71.5271° West, -32.1709° South. The temblor was reported at 12:37:10 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 12:37:10 / February 10, 2025 @ 12:37 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llaillay, Quillota, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop).

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 thirty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.5271° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.1709° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.538 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 km NW 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	2025-02-10 12:37:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-24 14:04:22	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	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.486	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	143	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	us7000pcmu	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pcmu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pcmu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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