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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Cauquenes in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cauquenes in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 22:51:27 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pzni. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzni. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.354 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -72.3706° West, -35.9286° South, depth 59.354 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 22:51:27 / March 18, 2025 @ 10:51 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomé, Coihueco, San Clemente. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chillán (c. 150 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Carlos (c. 31 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km NW of Cauquenes, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.3706° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-35.9286° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.354 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km NW of Cauquenes, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-18 22:51:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-19 00:37:11	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.791	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	us6000pzni	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pzni	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pzni,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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