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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Coronel in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Coronel in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 03:37:45 / March 24, 2025 @ 3:37 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:37:45 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 27.93 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -73.4421° West, -36.8814° South, depth 27.93 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pm53. Event ids that are associated: us7000pm53.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nacimiento, Cabrero, Lebu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WNW of Coronel, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.4421° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-36.8814° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.93 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31 km WNW of Coronel, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-24 03:37:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-24 13:55:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	327	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.755	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us7000pm53	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pm53	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pm53,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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